Publications

The Second Regular Session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 5, 2022. As of January 17, there are 49 days left in the session, which concludes on April 20, 2022. Bill introduction concludes on January 20, 2022. Following days one through seven of bill introduction, we identified 45 bills […]

Many commentators called this one correctly.  Today, the Supreme Court lifted the injunction that had blocked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing the November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring health care entities subject to the rule to ensure their workforce (including contractors) were either […]

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. The Court stayed enforcement of the rule. The Court blocked the mandate on the […]

The 2022 H-1B cap season will be starting in just over a month and will be the first in some time taking place under record unemployment and economic conditions that will likely only increase the demand for high-skilled foreign workers needing such visa status.  As a reminder, there are a […]

Iowa Employers not subject to the new federal mandate. On Friday, January 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments related to federal OSHA’s Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  As of the time this article was published, the Court had not rendered its decision.  But if the […]