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Dear Littler: What Are Some Considerations Before Implementing Our Return-to-Office Policy?

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Dear Littler, We are a professional services company with employees in various states. During the pandemic we shifted to fully remote work. As the pandemic subsided, we still leaned into remote work to attract and retain...more

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Dear Littler: Do I really need to reimburse my remote employee’s phone bill, internet, and home office equipment?

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We are a small company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that allowed some of our employees to work remotely during the pandemic. When we recently announced our plans to call employees back to home base in Milwaukee, we received...more

Ius Laboris

Bringing employees back to the office

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Remote work has proliferated since the pandemic, but now some companies are trying to bring their employees back to the office. What steps might employers need to take? Here we present insights from 18 jurisdictions....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … California Workplace Poster Requirements and Their Application to Remote Employees

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Handbooks are developed to outline policies and procedures employees must abide by in the workplace.  But a handbook serves a dual, equally important purpose:  to act as an operable defense against workplace claims brought by...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Remote Work Considerations In A Post-Pandemic World

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The federal government recently announced the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, and the three-year pandemic finally appears to be in our rearview mirror. Originally published in Law360 - June 1, 2023....more

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Navigating State and Local Laws Implicated by Remote Workforces

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As we start to come out of the pandemic, many businesses are deciding to embrace remote workforces on a more permanent basis for a variety of reasons, including cost saving, increased talent pool, and employee satisfaction....more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Tracking Worktime and Worksites for Remote Employees

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At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers transitioned millions of employees to remote work.  In many industries, the transition back to the office has been slow or nonexistent, drastically reducing the number of...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Reduce Your Risk of Employment Claims in 2023 – Tips #1 and #2

The new year presents an opportunity to look at your organization with fresh eyes. It can also be the best time to identify potential problem areas and take action to mitigate risk. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Upcoming changes in Polish employment law – a new dimension of remote work

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Among the many irreversible changes that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the labour market, one of the most important has been the increased flexibility as to where employees carry out their duties. The existing...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Today’s Remote Workplace: Navigating Labor & Employment Issues in a Hybrid Environment

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Remote work already was a growing trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, and that trend rapidly accelerated when the pandemic hit in early 2020. Even as conditions have improved and restrictions have been lifted, many employers...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Video: Remote and Hybrid Work Policies, COVID-19 Positivity, NLRB/FTC Team Up on Non-Competes – Employment Law This Week

As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we look at the business, legal, and tax implications of making decisions on a trend that’s here to stay: remote work....more

CDF Labor Law LLP

A Remote Work Policy That Ensures Employees Do Not Hop From Place to Place

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Many workplaces allow employees to work from home. However, often in those situations, the employer really does not know from where the employee is working. Recently, one of our firm’s small business clients, based in an...more

Littler

Dear Littler: Our Wandering Workers Have Wandered Off With Our Equipment

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Dear Littler: We are a multi-state employer that allowed a large percentage of our employees to work remotely during the pandemic. To help facilitate the transition to home offices, we provided our remote workers with office...more

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Littler 2021 European Employer Survey Report - November 2021

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Executive Summary - Despite all that remains uncertain for European employers – involving the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, new working models or any number of other emergent workforce issues – one area has come...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - Global Employment Law Update - Spring 2021

Employment law continues to evolve, and it can be a challenge amid an ever-changing landscape of local employment laws for human resources executives and employment counsel at multi-national businesses to maintain a...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Top 10 Reasons Why Remote Work Can Be Complicated

While there are many benefits to working from home, there are also a number of important things to remember when you have remote employees or if you are trying to implement a hybrid work solution.  We thought this list would...more

Fisher Phillips

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

McAfee & Taft

An employer’s guide to navigating common issues involving remote workers

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“Working from home,” “teleworking,” “working remotely.” Call it what you will, the concept has always been troublesome for employers. COVID-19 has forced employers to reconsider this concept, which has become essential for...more

Fisher Phillips

Covert Costs Of The COVID-19 Pandemic: Expense Reimbursement For Remote Workers

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Employers across the nation have faced swift and dramatic changes to business operations as states and local municipalities have issued “stay-at-home” orders and imposed other restrictions in the hopes of stymying the spread...more

Payne & Fears

Remote Work Issues to Consider in Light of COVID-19

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Many employers have elected to implement a remote work policy in light of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.  If you are one of them, you should consider the following as you transition your workforce to a remote working...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Coronavirus and the Workplace: Is Your Business Prepared?

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) implicates numerous legal obligations for employers, including leave, medical privacy, and discrimination. Employers should prepare to implement policies that strike a balance...more

Brooks Pierce

Inclement Weather Checklist for Employers

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It’s afternoon on the day before forecasts are calling for a snowstorm. The excitement and trepidation around the office are contagious—will the storm be as strong as projected? Will it be a storybook snow or an icy mix with...more

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Leaving The Mothership: Tips For Launching A Telecommuting Worker

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Telecommuting takes many forms, including remote workers, teleworkers, virtual employees, off-site employees, or those who are just considered “working from home”—all terms used to describe an employee whose primary work is...more

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