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January 2022!
Employee Handbook Updates for 2022 & Updates on Vaccine Mandates!
Eva, the Compliance Diva Answers your Compliance Questions!
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Supreme Court to Take Shot at Healthcare and OSHA Vaccine Mandates
On December 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued orders granting review of legal challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“OSHA ETS”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (“CMS Vaccine Mandate”). In a rare move, the Supreme Court set an accelerated timeline for the cases, scheduling oral arguments in both cases on January 7, 2022.
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The EEOC Updates Their Technical Guidance for Pregnancy and Religious Exemption
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently updated its COVID-19 guidance, detailing its view of employer obligations under Title VII when evaluating religious objections to COVID-19 vaccination mandates. The EEOC also added guidance on requests for accommodation based on pregnancy under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Together, these comprise the second significant update to EEOC’s COVID-19 guidance since the FDA and CDC authorized COVID-19 vaccines.
Employers who implemented vaccine mandates have faced a tidal wave of requests for religious exemptions. The sheer volume of requests combined with the difficulty of separating protected versus unprotected claims, all while respecting an employee’s stated beliefs, has been a significant challenge for human resources and legal departments. With these latest updates, made on October 13, and October 25, 2021, the EEOC has attempted to provide clearer guidance to employers on accommodation requests Read More
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Fatal Errors Employers Make When Updating Employee Handbooks that Can Be a Legal Landmine! Learn What Policies are Mandated for 2022!
Employee Handbook Importance
Employers should know that the employee handbook is one of the documents that is reviewed by attorneys who are looking to sue them. Having an employee handbook is critical to a company and having it updated with all the necessary policies is crucial.
- Labor research has proven that Employers have a delay in implementing new regulations and adding it to Employee Handbooks or stand-alone policies.
- New regulations go hand in hand with employee handbook and standalone policy updates.
- As a compliance officer, I am always providing support to Employers and professionals and see what the gaps are when protecting employees.
- Federal, State, and local regulations have an impact in maintaining workplace compliance and Employers need to be aware that when Federal, State and Local regulations clash the regulations with the most benefit for the employees supersedes.
- That is why it is important to be aware and follow all workplace regulations.
- Now more than ever, Employers need to ensure employee handbooks are up to date, consistent, includes all new regulations and changes that involve the workplace.
- This training will focus on some of the major errors that are made when updating employee handbooks and how to avoid some of the large penalties.
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Eva the Compliance Diva
is back by popular demand to answer your HR Compliance questions! Questions are based on inquiries by Employers, Managers and Professionals!
Inquiry: Eva is back by popular demand to answer your HR Compliance questions! Questions are based on inquiries by Employers, Managers, and Professionals!
Hi Eva,
This is Mark, HR Director for a software company with locations in Chicago, New York, and Florida. We have a mixture of remote workers and onsite office workers which total 220 employees. We are in the process of updating our Employee Handbook and want to make sure I include everything expected for 2022. Can you share some compliance tips with me? Also, do you help professionals with creating their handbook? If so, what is the cost?
If you have a question for Eva, the Compliance Diva, feel free to send your questions to mfaulk@hrcompliance.net
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By Margie Faulk, PHR, SHRM-CP
HR Compliance Advisor/Speaker/Trainer
Margie helps Businesses, Employers and HR professionals reduce risk when dealing with workplace issues via Seminars, Webinars and other Compliance HR services. If you want further information about workplace compliance and other resources and tools, contact Margie Faulk, PHR, SHRM-CP at mfaulk@hrcompliance.net
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Margie Faulk, PHR, SHRM-CP
HR Compliance Advisor/Trainer
mfaulk@hrcompliance.net
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