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December 3, 2021

New York City Council Passes Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave

The NYC Council passed a bill amending its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act requiring all private-sector employers to provide their employees with 4 hours of paid COVID-19 leave for each of their children, per injection, retroactive to Nov. 2, 2021.

Insight
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December 3, 2021

Ontario, Canada: Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 Receives Royal Assent

On November 30, 2021, Ontario announced that it had passed Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Act). The Act received Royal Assent on December 2, 2021, and came into force on that day.

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December 2, 2021

CMS Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide

On November 29 and 30, 2021, two separate federal district courts issued injunctions blocking enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services interim final rule requiring healthcare worker vaccinations.

Insight
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December 1, 2021

Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate Temporarily Enjoined in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

A federal court has issued an order granting a preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors in all covered contracts in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.

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December 1, 2021

France: Role of the Social and Economic Committee in the Context of a Restructuring or Downsizing

Social and Economic Committees in French workplaces must be informed and consulted in the event of a “restructuring and downsizing.” What is their scope of intervention?

Dear Littler
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November 30, 2021

Dear Littler: Can we ban the unvaccinated from our office parties?

The holiday season is upon us, and we’d like to celebrate this year by holding an actual office party like we did in the “before” times. Can we make sure only vaccinated people attend?

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November 30, 2021

Ontario, Canada Court Confirms Unions Must Challenge Mandatory Vaccination Policies Before Labour Arbitrators Rather than Courts

The Ontario Superior Court recently dismissed union applications for injunctions to restrain two entities from suspending or terminating unvaccinated employees before their mandatory vaccination policies could be challenged in the grievance process.

Littler Report
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November 29, 2021

New Federal Labour Law Issued in the UAE

In mid-November, the UAE Cabinet approved a new Labour Law, Federal Law Number 33 of 2021 (the New Labour Law) which will come into force on 2 February 2022 and repeals Law Number 8 of 1980 (the Old Law), replacing it entirely.

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November 29, 2021

Biden Administration Issues New Executive Order to Restrict International Travel in Response to Omicron Variant of COVID-19

The discovery of a COVID-19 variant dubbed “Omicron” has caused many countries to place new restrictions on international travel.

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November 29, 2021

The coalition agreement is out – the guidelines for German labor law are set for the next four years

On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the newly formed coalition of the Liberals, Greens and the Social Democrats, which will lead Germany during the next four years, presented its coalition agreement.

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