By Sally A. Piefer In early November, the Biden administration announced additional steps it was taking to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced a new emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) which it claimed would “protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the […]
Lindner & Marsack, S.C., announced today that Attorney Samuel Draver has joined the firm as an Associate on their Worker’s Compensation Defense team. Draver will split his time between the Milwaukee and Madison offices of Lindner & Marsack. Prior to joining Lindner & Marsack, Draver worked for other Milwaukee law firms in the areas of […]
By: David Keating On December 2, President Biden announced a nine-point action plan to combat COVID-19 as the United States heads into the winter months and with the emergence of a new variant, Omicron. One of the actions announced calls for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury to issue guidance […]
By: David Keating Throughout the pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has continuously updated its COVID-19 Guidance to provide employers with assistance on issues arising under the antidiscrimination laws that it enforces. Yesterday, the EEOC added a new section to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a disability under the Americans with […]