Here's how many employers were requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Supreme Court ruling—and here's what that means for HR leaders.
Neal Mills, Aon's chief medical officer, emphasizes the importance of communication, flexibility and mental health help during the disruption caused by the variant.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for employers, a ruling that leaves vaccine decisions in the hands of employers nationwide and may complicate safe return-to-workplace plans as COVID infections reach all-time highs. Justices ruled 6-3 that the administration cannot enforce its sweeping rule that employers with 100 or more […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for employers, which required businesses with 100 or more employees to implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for their workers and offer a weekly testing alternative for those who refuse or are unable to receive a vaccine. (The Court did, however, allow for the Medicare […]
We are all disappointed to read another pandemic column, but it continues to be the hot topic. At the moment the particular issue is employer vaccine mandates, which raises some of the toughest human resource judgment calls. And the federal vaccine-or-testing mandate that the Supreme Court invalidated this week did not change employers' choices here […]
As the Omicron variant surges across the nation, resulting in a record number of COVID infections, employers have their eyes on one significant job: getting employees boosted. Although COVID-19 vaccination has been a big focus over the past year, booster shots have only recently entered the equation. Now, with experts encouraging virtually all Americans to […]
Companies continue to look to mitigate their business risks by increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates, as unvaccinated employees are more likely to bring COVID-19 into the workplace and more likely to incur large medical costs from COVID-19 hospitalization. Moreover, unvaccinated employees are also more likely to miss work since they must quarantine after exposure, whereas those […]
After months of uncertainty, many employers will soon have an answer as to whether or not they need to proceed with COVID-19 vaccination mandates or testing requirements for their employees. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hear oral arguments regarding two of the Biden administration's COVID-19 workplace policies: the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's […]
From the moment in August 2019 that Heyward Donigan became CEO of Rite Aid Corp.—operator of nearly 2,500 drugstores nationwide, in a highly competitive sector—she was thinking of radically shaking up the workplace. High on her list of concerns was attracting top talent, and whether the firm's location in an outdated headquarters in the central […]
