Canada’s top health official Theresa Tam has warned that COVID-19 cases in the country could jump in coming days, due to community spread of the Omicron variant. Concerns over the highly transmissible variant have spooked investors around the world and …
Lawmakers in Alabama and Tennessee have taken steps to block or limit some COVID-19 safety measures, including mask and vaccine mandates for workers and students. In Alabama, the Legislature last week approved a measure to prevent companies from firing workers …
OTTAWA – Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots, squeezing an already tight labor market and raising prospects of potentially disruptive legal challenges. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised vaccine …
Vaccinations have served to significantly reduce the spread of COVID-19 in populations with high take-up rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). In the past months, many businesses and public entities have begun to require their employees …
Federal judges issued three different decisions on New York state and city requirements for Covid-19 vaccinations, upholding the status quo as the contentious issue winds it way through the court system. New York City’s program requiring proof of vaccination to …
Southwest Airlines Co. pilots asked a court to temporarily block the company from carrying out federally mandated coronavirus vaccinations until an existing lawsuit over alleged U.S. labor law violations is resolved. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association’s filing Friday also asked …
Many middle market companies are failing to use a key risk management resource: their insurance agents and brokers. According to a survey sponsored by insurer Chubb, only 15% of middle market companies rely heavily on an insurance agent or broker …
An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required COVID-19 vaccination. In Washington state, thousands of state workers are seeking similar exemptions. And in Arkansas, a hospital has been …
RIMS, the global risk management society with a membership of 10,000 risk management professionals in more than 60 countries, has implemented new guidelines that will require attendees at RIMS’ in-person events to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. …
Republicans on Friday vowed to fight U.S. President Joe Biden’s new vaccine mandate covering big companies and federal employees, but business groups that often agree with them on issues like taxes are not joining in. The mandate, which the White …
