To mandate vaccines or not to mandate vaccines, that is the question. If your client is not legally bound to mandate COVID-19 vaccines and they prefer not to mandate them, we have you covered with our newly published Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine Policy (Non-Mandatory...
AR Lawmakers Pass COVID-19 Vaccine Opt-Out Measure: Arkansas’ General Assembly passed a bill ( HB 1977 ) requiring employers in the state to allow their workers to opt-out of getting vaccinated for COVID-19. The measure failed to draw the two-thirds majority...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) continued addressing the mountain of bills on his desk last week, including a legislative package to overhaul the state’s struggling unemployment benefits system. Reforming the CA EDD The state Employment Development Department...
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the mental health of many American workers. To help advise employers on legal and practical workplace mental health issues, see this superb practice note by Jennifer Mathis, Lewis Bossing, and Sara Frank of the Bazelon...
CA Boosts Cal/OSHA’s Power: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation ( SB 606 ) expanding the enforcement authority of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). The new law, effective Jan. 1, 2022, establishes a rebuttable...
Learn if your client needs to pay employees for their family and medical leave. Check out this comprehensive state and local law survey on paid family and medical leave laws (PFL). READ NOW Related Content Attendance, Leaves, and Disabilities State Practice...
FL to Begin Fining Local Governments over Vaccine Mandates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced at a news conference last week that the state will begin enforcing a new state law enacted in May ( SB 2006 ) that bars businesses and local governments from requiring...
Do you need to help your clients understand how to avoid workplace harassment claims? Watch this Practical Guidance Labor & Employment practice video on key harassment issues by Locke Lord LLP Partner Richard Glovsky. VIEW NOW » Related Content ...
EUA Status of COVID-19 Vaccines Unlikely to Hinder Employer Mandates: Although employers seem to be leaning toward encouraging their workers to get vaccinated for COVID-19 over requiring them to do so , the very real prospect of such mandates has sparked a flurry...
Do you need to help your clients understand employment law issues in Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG)? Watch the Practical Guidance Labor & Employment practice video on key ESG issues by Mintz partner Jennifer Rubin. VIEW NOW »...
Employees have begun filing suits against employers that challenge mandatory COVID-19 vaccines. Are you ready to advise your clients on such emerging litigation? Let Fisher Phillips LLP partners Melissa Camire, Richard R. Meneghello, and Kristen Nesbit advise you...
Do you need to advise your clients on telecommuting issues and best practices? Watch this Practical Guidance Telecommuting Video by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. attorneys Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt. WATCH NOW » Telecommuting Video Related Content...
After she finished her undergrad studies, Catherine “Cat” McCulle, Esq. decided to take a one-year break before she headed to law school. And, as gap year students often do, she took a job waitressing at a local restaurant. As luck would have it,...
It’s common for lawyers to seek some sort of mental escape from the daily grind of the legal profession. For some, it’s golf. For others, it’s a motorcycle. For attorney Jill Singer, it’s a ukulele. “It gives me great joy to play...
Employers face significant risks in considering an applicant or employee’s credit history for employment purposes. Are you prepared to counsel employers on key state and local laws across the United States that ban, restrict, or limit employer credit history...