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Outside of the healthcare industry, an employee vaccination policy seems like something a business wouldn't have to ever dream of writing. Cue a global pandemic. As of December 17, 2021, OSHA's (Occupations Safety and Health Act) Emergency Temporary Standard has been reinstated. In case you were unaware of the initial ETS, it was a policy put in place, to be enforced by OSHA, requiring all employer's with 100 or more employees to have a current record of all employee's vaccination status and to implement a written vaccination-or testing policy. The ETS was suspended by a federal appeals court on November 6th, so that the courts could evaluate whether the ETS was a government overreach. The stay was lifted by the 6th Circuit Court in a 2-1 ruling.   "Based on the [Occupational Safety and Health Act's] language, structure and Congressional approval, OSHA has long asserted its authority to protect workers against infectious diseases," wrote Judge Jane Stanch ...

(Disclaimer: NewsFlash! is a section of The HR Lady Blog that showcases articles and posts from other organizations that are relevant to human resources.) Closed Schools, Camps and Day Cares Raise Workplace Complications for Managers With no end in sight to the pandemic, managers navigate a confusing landscape of child care conflicts Florida State University seemed to draw a line in the sand last month in the COVID-19-era debate over work and child care. In a memo, the school stated that employees could no longer care for their children while they worked remotely, reinstating a prepandemic policy. The announcement sparked a national backlash and media coverage in news outlets including  The  New  York Times ,  New York Post  and  People  magazine. And within days, the university was forced to reverse course. "We want to be clear—our policy does allow employees to work from home while caring for children," the university said in a statement. That revers...