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We also discussed this in our Labor & Employment client alert here.
On March 10, 2022, the Florida legislature passed House Bill 7 (“HB 7”), the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act, officially named “Individual Freedom,” but also known as the “Stop WOKE Act.” The bill applies to Florida employers with 15 or more employees and aims to restrict how employers conduct training on race and sex. Governor DeSantis signed the bill into law on April 22, 2022. The bill also imposes limits on how public schools can talk about race and gender, which is outside the purview of this blog.
Simple answer – nope! On February 10, 2022, inspired by the #MeToo movement, the U.S. Senate passed 
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private employers with at least 100 employees. The Court ruled that OSHA exceeded its authority when issuing its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring either mandatory vaccination or weekly testing and face masks. The Court noted that OSHA is charged with regulating hazards in the workplace, not “hazards of daily life.” Because COVID-19 can and does spread outside of the workplace, according to the Court, the risk OSHA seeks to mitigate cannot be considered an occupational hazard.
On Friday night, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals gave OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID vaccination new life. As you may remember, OSHA issued an ETS requiring employers with 100 or more employees to adopt a vaccination policy that either made vaccination mandatory, or gave employees a choice between vaccination or weekly testing. The day after OSHA issued this ETS, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals entered an Order staying the ETS until further notice.
