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COVID-19 UPDATE: This Friday the U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to OSHA Vaccination Mandate for Large Employers Posted on January 4, 2022.
On November 5, 2021 OSHA published an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to either adopt mandatory vaccination policies, or implement masking and weekly testing for unvaccinated employees.
A year ago the country was several months into a global COVID-19 pandemic, but the availability of a vaccine and the potential for vaccine mandates still seemed far away. Fast forward six months, and as of mid-April 2021 nearly every U.S. worker age 16 and older had the ability to receive at least one of three different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines approved under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) provisions of the federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”). Shortly after vaccines became widely available, as employers were understandably anxious to reopen and get back to a new normal, we were frequently asked, “Can I require my employees to get vaccinated?”
On April 27, 2021, Governor Mike DeWine signed the unprecedented Ohio Senate Bill 57 into law. This new law allows an owner or tenant of an income-producing property impacted by COVID-19 (or by state orders associated with COVID-19) to file a “special” property tax valuation complaint. Property tax bills are generally calculated as of January 1 of each year. However, since COVID-19 did not impact Ohio businesses until around March 2020, a January 1 tax lien date does not take its challenging effects into account.
In the waning hours of the 2021 Legislative Session, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 5 in an effort to shield business and premises owners from potential claims arising from COVID-19. The Bill became law on April 11, 2021, after Governor Andy Beshear failed to sign or veto it within ten days of passage.
The premium tax credit (PTC) is a refundable credit that assists individuals and families in paying for health insurance obtained through a Marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act. Recent COVID relief legislation (the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA) made several significant enhancements to this credit. Here is an overview of these changes.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, is the latest major legislation that provides economic relief and stimulus, both tax and non-tax, during the Covid-19 pandemic.Below are brief summaries of the key aspects of the tax provisions in ARPA.
