Credit Suisse Plunged Into Chaos After Chairman Ousted for Breaching COVID Rules January 17, 2022 By Ambereen Choudhury and Patrick Winters The banker tasked with fixing Credit Suisse Group AG was ousted just nine months into the job for breaching COVID...
Safety Council Finds Employer Vaccine Mandates Boost Worker Vaccination Rate 20% January 7, 2022 The National Safety Council (NSC) released survey findings showing that employer vaccine requirements are driving higher vaccination rates among workers....
Unions Say Meat Plants Relaxed COVID-19 Safety Measures After Outbreaks December 26, 2021 By Tom Polansek Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, last year assigned a team of dedicated employees to enforce social distancing and...
Biden Administration Releases Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate and Exemptions October 6, 2021 By Zeke Miller With just weeks remaining before federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government has outlined procedures for employees...
More Canadian Businesses to Introduce Vaccine Mandates for Employees: Minister August 26, 2021 By Steve Scherer More Canadian businesses will introduce COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their employees to safely return to the office amidst a growing...
Canada’s Five Biggest Banks to Require Their Employees to Be Fully Vaccinated August 23, 2021 By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Canada’s five biggest banks are mandating that employees working from their offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return August 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected...
Amazon Asks Judge to Toss New York State Lawsuit Over Warehouse COVID-19 Safety July 15, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday pressed a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Letitia James claiming...
Rising COVID Outbreaks on Ships Endanger Maritime Workers, Risk Trade Disruptions July 13, 2021 By K. Oanh Ha, Ann Koh and Claire Jiao Global vaccinations of seafarers are going too slowly to prevent outbreaks on ships from causing more trade disruptions, endangering maritime...
As UK Eases COVID Rules, Businesses Concerned About Legal Liability July 6, 2021 By Alex Morales Businesses have been been clamoring for the government to finally reopen the UK economy. Now that face masks and social...