Yesterday, the United States' first confirmed case of the Omicron coronavirus variant was identified in California. The individual had traveled to South Africa, has not yet received the booster, and has placed themselves in self-quarantine. The Biden Administration recently put…
The biggest recent news out of Washington is that the latest bill was reduced from $3 trillion down to $1.75 trillion. Now the issue becomes figuring out what gets passed in the now smaller bill. President Biden has announced the…
The Biden administration plans to rescind the COVID-19 international travel bans imposed in 2020 and replace them with vaccination and testing requirements to enter the U.S., beginning in November. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…
The Senate appears on track to prevent a government shutdown on Thursday at midnight, as Democrats and Republicans wade through last-minute impediments to a stopgap funding bill’s speedy passage. Nancy Pelosi is using her power to get these pushed through;…
Yesterday, the Biden administration unveiled a new plan to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States. A critical component of that plan calls on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop and implement a new…
While the Delta variant is still affecting many parts of the country, the big news today is that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received full FDA approval. As the first vaccine in the US to be approved by the FDA, it…
As the COVID-19 delta variant spreads, many employers are asking what they can do if workers refuse to get vaccinated. Some employers are firing workers who won't take the vaccine and others are requiring unvaccinated employees to submit to weekly…
Today, Louisiana Governor Edwards temporarily reinstated a statewide mask mandate through September 1st as cases and hospitalizations rise at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic. For those in other states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
Just as we were starting to come out of the pandemic, we now have the Delta variant to deal with. If you have not been vaccinated, please consider it as a way to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.…
Although the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is expiring at the end of 2021, there's still time for eligible businesses to claim the credit, if they haven't already. The credit can be claimed on amended payroll tax returns as long…
