COVID-19 appears poised to remain with us on a long-term basis, and with every passing day, guidelines appear to become more lax. For example, the CDC now requires a person who tests positive to isolate for five days as...more
California COVID supplemental sick leave is back. After Governor Newsom and the State Legislature came to an agreement earlier this year for what the 2022 version of supplemental sick leave would look like, mirror bills (AB...more
2/15/2022
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As businesses reopen and more and more employees become fully vaccinated, many companies are asking an important question: When can we gather together in large groups to attend conferences, retreats, and the like? ...more
For more than a year, the world has reacted to and adjusted for COVID-19. Now, with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, there is light at the end of the tunnel and individuals and companies can start moving forward and planning...more
4/1/2021
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The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing Collective Bargaining and Unions specifically endorses several California employment laws as models for the whole country. Accordingly, the many new employment laws set to...more
12/22/2020
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A number of outlets have reported that social media use has significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many are quarantined at home with time to kill. Meanwhile, just as social media use has spiked, the...more
With shelter-in-place orders in effect in almost every state in the country, videoconferences are now the norm for conducting everyday business. Over the last several weeks, Foley attorneys have completed a number of virtual...more
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a temporary rule (“the Rule”), at 29 C.F.R. § 826, regarding administration of the paid leave provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the...more