ASAToday for November, 20th 2025

This Week in Congress The House returned this week voting on a slate of non-controversial bills, along with attempting to finalize negotiations on the reconciliation package and clearing the way for a…

ASA Requests Delay of OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Proposed Rule Last week, OSHA published the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Advance Notice of Proposed…

ASA Supports H.R. 5735 State, Local, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act ASA Supports H.R. 5735 State, Local, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act…

Vaccine Mandate Update – November 2, 2021   As we previously reported, President Biden has directed the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard…

OSHA to Announce COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard Rulemaking Per Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OSHA is expected to announce their rule very soon. This rule will likely require…

18 States File Three Separate Lawsuits Against the Federal COVID-19 Employee Vaccine Mandate Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing…

White House Updates Federal Vaccine Requirements for Contractors On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, the White House Safe Federal Workforce Task Force updated their FAQs for contractors: https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/contractors/. Per the FAQs: It now…

Update: Budget Reconciliation Bill Negotiators are making progress on the last few issues before reaching a final agreement on the package, but a handful of centrist members may prevent a House vote…