United Parcel Service cannot avoid a citation and fine issued by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health over improper footwear policies for workers moving heavy crates, a state appellate court said Thursday.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he is calling back the Republican-dominated state legislature to take action against employer Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

Employers and unions meeting with White House staffers want to know who pays for testing and how quickly businesses must comply with OSHA’s impending Covid-19 shot-or-test standard.

New York City said it would require all municipal workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and eliminate a test-out option in a move that immediately drew ire from a powerful police union that said it would bring legal action against the city.

Tennessee’s workplace safety agency won’t rescind its federally required emergency Covid-19 regulation governing health-care employers, despite pressure from Republican state lawmakers who recommended the agency withdraw the rule.

Attorneys who try to shield federal contractor clients from fraud suits have many questions about how the White House’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate is going to be enforced and what it takes to evade False Claims Act liability.