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On Wednesday, March 10, the House passed the Senate-approved
version of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021, on a 220-211 vote (title-by-title summary available here). No Republicans supported the bill, and
one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), opposed the bill. Rep. Kurt
Schrader (D-OR), who previously voted against the bill, voted to
support the measure, which aims to accelerate activities to address
the virus and provide additional economic support to individuals,
state and local governments, and small businesses. The bill
provides for a total of $1.88 trillion in federal investments.
As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues.
Seyfarth Synopsis
: Now, after more
than 80 million vaccine doses have been given out in the US, and
having weathered a year of Zoom-only visits with fellow employees,
clients, and customers, those who have been vaccinated are looking
for direction. Obligingly, the CDC just issued its .
Until the release of this guidance for fully vaccinated
individuals, CDC had only indicated that it s important
for everyone to continue using all the tools available to help stop
this pandemic as we learn more about how COVID-19 vaccines work in
real-world conditions. We previously blogged that CDC had
released an update to its recommended guidance on Vaccines & Immunizations. The guidance
The New York state legislature passed Bill S2588A/A3354B, which would amend the New York Labor Law to grant employees paid leave time for the COVID-19 vaccination.
A client wrote to us with a very common scenario: he is a UK citizen and US permanent resident (US green card holder) with a tenured position at a large American university.