From our Capital Thinking blog, our public policy colleague Stacy Swanson shares the latest federal employment law developments in in the legislative and executive branches during the week of December 27, 2021.
This is a weekly post spotlighting labor topics in focus by the US legislative and executive branches during the previous week.In this issue, we cover:
The first session of the 117th Congress adjourned officially on Thursday, December 30. Lawmakers return to Washington next week for the second session of the 117th Congress, which convenes on January 3, 2022.
Federal Vaccine Mandate Legal Challenges Update. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear expedited arguments on the Sixth Circuit Court’s decision to lift the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine or test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). On January 7, 2022, the Court also will hear oral arguments on a stay of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Vaccine Mandate for health care workers that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid government programs. While the Supreme Court has thus far declined to take up cases related to state and local government vaccine mandates, the Court has been asked to address some constitutional questions with respect to these two Federal vaccine mandates.
Separately, on December 28, Oklahoma-based U.S. District...
ACT leader David Seymour's claims that doctors are erroneously certifying people unfit for work are being labelled as "political rhetoric" by the president of the Royal College of GPs. ACT wanted ...