Summary: <br> Happy new year! This month's podcast covers:<br> <br> <br> <br> Mandatory vaccinations programs (again). <br> <br> <br> <br> * Courts and arbitrators continue to rule (69-0 by our last count) that there is nothing unconstitutional about employer vaccine mandates.* First interest <a href="https://d33ejgwsompntb.cloudfront.net/FirstThursday/State-AFSCME-Vaccine-Mandate-Interim-Award-S-MA-22-12%20%28002%29.pdf">arbitration decision</a> about mandatory vaccine programs.* The law about whether or not an employee or labor organization can get injunctive relief while a challenge to vaccine mandate is going on.* What the Supreme Court will be ruling regarding two of the federal vaccine mandates later this week.<br> <br> <br> <br> Non-Vaccine Cases:<br> <br> <br> <br> * No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy In iPhone Backups On Work Computer, Smith v. City of Pelham, 2021 WL 5863412 (11th Cir. 2021).* Deputy Sheriffs As Political Appointees, With No Job Rights, Burns v. Cole, 2021 WL 5549411 (8th Cir. 2021).<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
