A surprising silver lining of the pandemic has been the increased accessibility for disabled individuals in ways that had once seemed impossible. For two years, people were encouraged to work from home (WFH), schedule telehealth visits, attend classes remotely, and engage in virtual social opportunities in an effort to contain...
RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis will be speaking at the European American Chamber of Commerce event Workforce Challenges Pre- and Post-Pandemic, which will provide guidance on how to tackle the challenges companies and employees face in the new work environment. The in-person discussion provides insight on workplace safety policies,...
We live in a new world of virtual currency, the Metaverse, AI, and so many more developments that are disconnected from tangible physical objects. But the insurance industry’s approach to coverage for business losses due to COVID-19 remains rooted in the mid-20th Century, if not earlier. That is, the industry...
In a 6-3 decision issued January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court cast significant doubt on the viability of a pillar of President Biden’s plan to fight to the spread of Covid-19. The Court’s majority held that challengers were likely to succeed on their claim that the Occupational Safety and Health...
Tomorrow, on January 7, 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hear an oral argument regarding religious exemptions from a vaccine mandate by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a federal agency, with a focus on the limits of federal authority. As federal, state and local governments institute COVID-19...
On December 6, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would become the first locality in the nation to institute a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all private sector workers, which will go into effect on December 27, 2021 and apply to all in-person employees who are in...
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced, amidst widespread concern over the Delta variant, that COVID-19 has been designated as an airborne, highly contagious and communicable disease under the HERO Act. As such, most private employers with employees in New York must put their workplace safety plans...
Last Friday, RPJ Partner Mark Moore was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article reported by Francie Diep entitled, “Illinois Mandates Vaccinations at All Institutions of Higher Education.” Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an executive order last Thursday requiring all students and employees at both public and private...
The Quartz article on the recent rejection by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett of an emergency request to halt the operation of Indiana University’s vaccine mandate, in which RPJ Partner Mark Moore was featured last week, has been picked up by Yahoo! Finance. In the article, Mark describes...
It has been an eventful few weeks in the ongoing debate over eviction freezes and rent relief in New York State. As landlords continue to press for evictions to proceed, tenant advocates are seeking to extend protections on the grounds that COVID-19 is still causing economic hardship and creating health...