As detailed in Baird Holm’s recent COVID-19 Information Hub articles, on September 9, 2021, President Biden announced an extensive new COVID-19 Action Plan (“Action Plan”) which includes vaccine mandates for large employers, health care workers, federal employees, and certain federal contractors. These mandates are part of the White House’s new […]
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Interim Final Rule Expected in October to Mandate Vaccines in Most Health Care Settings
on Monday, 13 September 2021 in
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Along with President Biden’s September 9th announcement that he directed OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring vaccinations for all employers with over 100 employees, he also announced that his administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities. To carry out this requirement, […]
The President Delivers a Bombshell: Employers with 100 or More Employees Must Mandate Vaccination
on Friday, 10 September 2021 in
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Late afternoon on September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that employers with 100 or more employees that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will need to require their employees to either be vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test result on a weekly […]
ICE Extends Form I-9 Flexibility Policy to the End of 2021
on Tuesday, 7 September 2021 in
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On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a “flexibility policy” that allowed some employers to remotely inspect and retain copies of documents for the Form I-9 process on a temporary basis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The End of the COVID-19 Emergency Response in Nebraska: Income Tax Withholding for Telecommuters
on Tuesday, 3 August 2021 in
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden wave of remote employees, the Nebraska Department of Revenue (NDOR) published emergency FAQs in March of 2020 that waived an employer’s obligation to update the working location of their employees for State income tax withholding purposes. The NDOR guidance applied to […]