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Fulfilling a promise made early in the Biden Administration, on June 10, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) related to COVID-19. However,...more
OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) has been published in the Federal Register, and becomes effective today....more
Fulfilling a promise made early in the Biden Administration, on June 10, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) related to COVID-19. However, the ETS...more
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New York’s HERO Act, which goes into effect on June 4, 2021, will require all New York employers to implement permanent protections against airborne infectious diseases in the workplace. Employers can either...more
Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) substantially augmented its technical assistance questions and answers related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the application of the Americans with Disabilities...more
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order 242, removing many of the state’s remaining COVID-19 restrictions. This Executive Order recognizes the marked progress New...more
Philadelphia City Council enacted an ordinance, effective immediately, requiring all Philadelphia taxpayers to report any changes to their federal taxable income (as a result of a resolution of an audit, agreement with the...more
On Friday, May 7, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech filed an application seeking full approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for patients age 16 and up. Pfizer is the first...more
On May 3, 2021, Governor Murphy announced that New Jersey, along with New York and Connecticut, would lift many COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affecting the region’s businesses, venues, and gatherings over the course of the...more
On Tuesday, April 27, President Biden signed an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a minimum of $15 an hour starting on March 30, 2022. After that, the order will continue to index the...more
On April 26, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order establishing the “White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment” (the “Task Force”), which will be dedicated to mobilizing the federal government’s...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently held that Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by infringing on employees’ protected rights through a tweet, and through an...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have exempted graduate students from the definition of “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Under the rule...more
On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP) that signaled a new enforcement agenda, targeting establishments in industries that have an increased...more
On March 3, 2021, U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California said he would partially rule in favor of a class of California retail industry workers against Apple, finding those workers were...more
On February 25, 2021, the House Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, “Climate Change and Social Responsibility: Helping Corporate Boards and Investors Make...more
As the ongoing pandemic deepens, states across the country continue to struggle to contain the virus and protect their citizens. On October 28, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued yet another Executive...more
In a long anticipated move, New Jersey has again acted to provide COVID-19 related benefits to workers throughout the State. New legislation creates a rebuttable presumption that, absent demonstrable proof to the contrary,...more
9/17/2020
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability Benefits ,
Essential Workers ,
Executive Orders ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Governor Murphy ,
Healthcare Workers ,
New Legislation ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
State of Emergency ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
On July 2, 2020, OSHA published a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing topics related to COVID-19. The FAQs provide links to a number of employer and employee resources related to workplace safety and health...more
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, The U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) posted “Guidance on Returning to Work,”....more
In a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, a conservative, the Supreme Court has ruled that Title VII’s civil rights protections extend unequivocally to LGBTQ employees. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Ginsburg, Breyer,...more
6/17/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
On June 10, 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued guidance to help employers navigate workplace face coverings....more
On May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Memorandum providing new guidance to its Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs)—and the business community—on determining when...more
As states “re-open”—or prepare to—many businesses have begun to consider how they will ensure that their workplaces are safe for employees, customers, and other visitors. Keeping their sites clean is among companies’ chief...more
On April 22, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued safety guidance aimed at reducing construction workers’ risk of exposure to COVID-19. The guidance is available in both English and Spanish...more