On September 9, 2021, President Biden unveiled a COVID-19 Action Plan that requires, among other things, millions of private-sector employees, health care workers, federal employees, and employees of federal contractors to be...more
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On January 19, 2021, the EEOC issued its second Annual Performance Review (or report card), evaluating the agency’s accomplishments in FY20 in comparison to the EEOC’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2022. The Plan...more
Numerous employment lawyers and articles have addressed whether employers should mandate or strongly encourage employees to get vaccinated when the COVID-19 vaccination is available to them. Fewer have provided reminders to...more
States and businesses are on their own based on a CDC official’s statement to the Associated Press that the much-anticipated “Guidance for Implementing the Opening up America Again Framework” (“Guidance”) will “never see the...more
A growing number of states, six as of the publication date of this e-alert, along with the Puerto Rico, the Navajo Nation and a significant number of counties and municipalities, have issued mandatory “shelter in place” or...more
Despite many politicians and employers discussing the option for employees to work at home, there are millions of employees who simply cannot do that. Bartenders, restaurant servers, cashiers, and many others have no one to...more
In spite of all the controversy swirling around Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to take Justice Kennedy's seat, it’s business as usual at the United States Supreme Court as the Justices kicked off a new term on October 1....more