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Title England: Balancing the Power of Data in Digital Health Innovation & Data Protection and Security in Pandemic Times In the midst of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe’s governments and private businesses alike have embarked upon unprecedented data-driven digital innovation and transformation initiatives regulated by and at times challenged by ever evolving data protection and se...	Author Addleshaw Goddard	Date 15 Mar 2022
Title Austria: The reintroduction of coercive detention in Austrian administrative law and its relevance to the compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 Resolved in the National Council and the Federal Council in December 2021, now also published via the federal law gazette “RIS” on February 28th 2022: The so-called “coercive detention” was reintroduced to the Austrian administrative law and the corresponding amendment to the Austrian Act o...	Author MGLP Rechtsanwälte	Date 15 Mar 2022
Title Austria: Criticism of Corona measures does not constitute a philosophy of life The Austrian Supreme Court recently dealt with the question of whether a dismissal for non-compliance with measures to contain the Corona-virus was discriminatory with regard to an employee's philosophy of life (9 ObA 130/2021i). The Equal Treatment Act stipulates that no one may be directly or i...	Author Fellner Wratzfeld Partner	Date 23 Feb 2022
Title United States: FDA & CDC Expand Booster Shot Eligibility to Children 12 Through 15 Years of Age On January 3, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to allow individuals 12 through 15 years of age to receive a single booster dose. The EUA also shortened the time between completion of the prima...	Author Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, LLP	Date 17 Jan 2022
Title Canada: B.C. Re-Introduces the Requirement for Employers to Have a COVID-19 Safety Plans: Is Your Workplace Compliant? On January 7, 2022, BC’s Provincial Health Officer once again directed all BC employers to implement a COVID-19 Safety Plan. This is part of the province’s response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fueled by the Omicron variant. The legal requirement to a COVID-19 S...	Author Lawson Lundell LLP	Date 14 Jan 2022
Title United States: Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Vaccine Mandates The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on January 7, 2022 concerning two federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The Court will hear a challenge to the enforceability of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that requires...	Author Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, LLP	Date 13 Jan 2022
Title Canada: Saskatchewan Announces Changes to COVID-19 Testing and Isolation Requirements The Saskatchewan Government announced updates to COVID-19 testing and isolation guidelines in a news conference held on December 30, 2021. The following changes to the mandatory isolation and face covering public health order are effective immediately: A positive COVID-19 test now includes...	Author MLT Aikins LLP	Date 31 Dec 2021
Title Luxembourg: CovidCheck - The obligations of employers and employees We will all have understood it during the speech of our Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, on October 8, 2021, the possibility for employers to introduce CovidCheck in companies, from November 1 and under the bill, will make the return to the office less pleasant for non-vaccinated employees. However, w...	Author Wildgen	Date 07 Dec 2021