The Singapore Court of Appeal stayed the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009, on Tuesday. The stay came in the light of Nagaenthran testing positive for COVID-19 a day before his execution was due in a case that has attracted international attention. [...]
The Biden administration asserted Monday that it can lawfully require employers to mandate employee vaccination or offer employees the option to mask and test. The administration reasoned that, amid an “extraordinary pandemic and a serious threat to employees,” the federal government can “address the grave dangers posed by COVID-19 in the workplace.” Late last week, [...]
A federal district judge in Fort Worth Monday denied United Airlines employees’ motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the company’s vaccine mandate. United Airlines employees sued the company over its accommodation policy for medical or religious exemptions. They argued that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by [...]
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has imposed a temporary injunction on the vaccine mandate from the Biden administration that requires businesses to vaccinate and test its workers. The mandate is called the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Vaccination and Testing, and it was published Saturday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The [...]
Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued for federal contractors. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed the suit, calling the mandate “unlawful and unconstitutional.” The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laid out the requirements, ordering companies with 100 or more employees to have those employees [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published Thursday an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking public comment on the continued use of videoconference technology. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the NLRB has held most hearings remotely. While the Board stated that it intends to resume hearings in person once conditions permit, it is considering whether to [...]
The Supreme Court of India has issued directions while seeking a status report on the rehabilitation of children in street situations. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and all the state governments and the union territories have been directed to submit the status report within two weeks. The top court had taken [...]
A US District Court on Friday denied a temporary restraining order sought by 130 Chicago firefighters and other city employees against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city of Chicago. Although district judge John Lee did not dismiss the lawsuit in its entirety, he explained in Friday’s ruling that the city employees had not shown a [...]
The Supreme Court denied a request Friday to block a Maine rule that requires health care workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. On August 12, Maine health officials revised the list of diseases against which health care workers must be vaccinated, adding COVID-19 to the list. Workers who have a valid medical exemption are not [...]
A New York state judge on Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction of New York City’s vaccine mandate for city employees. Under the new mandate, city employees must prove their vaccination status by October 29, 2021. A weekly COVID-19 testing option is available “only if an employer has granted an employee a reasonable [...]
