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ALERT! Your COVID-19 Policies and Procedures Need a BOOSTER!

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 7/25/2022

Employers who are conducting automatic COVID-19 testing of employees or gathering test results of employees’ families should beware: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued new guidance limiting the...more

[Webinar] Returning to Work: Navigating Vaccination, Testing and Masking Requirements - November 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/27/2021

As employers consider plans to have their workforces return to the office, they are faced with the daunting task of creating a return-to-work program that balances powerful safety, legal, and social considerations under a...more

Workforce Management Tips for Post-COVID Re-Opening Plans

Rumberger | Kirk on 5/26/2021

As you reopen, give serious thought to job responsibilities, compensation packages, company policies, re-hiring former employees in a non-discriminatory way, and more. Almost four in ten of all the U.S.jobs lost since...more

Global Employer Guide (Updated)

K&L Gates LLP on 3/3/2021

We are pleased to make available this year's edition of the Global Employer Guide. The guide provides a concise, easy to read summary of employment law across numerous countries. Our updated release reflects the changes...more

EEOC Guidance to Employers: COVID-19 Vaccinations Can Be Required – But Should They Be?

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 12/18/2020

An issue of key concern to employers now that vaccines are being made available to inoculate against COVID-19 is whether they should require employees to be vaccinated. On Wednesday, December 16, the federal Equal Employment...more

COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulations for Businesses

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/13/2020

On July 15, Virginia became the first state to adopt workplace safety regulations to address COVID-19, both to help curtail the spread of the virus and to drive sustained economic recovery throughout the Commonwealth. Other...more

Stopping The Spread Of COVID-19 Hate Crimes In Reopened Restaurants

Fisher Phillips on 10/13/2020

As restaurants continue to reopen out of economic necessity despite a global pandemic, employers and employees alike remain concerned about the possibility of COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. No longer are bad Yelp...more

Legal Challenges with a Remote Workforce: Same Legal Issues, Different Place

NAVEX on 10/1/2020

By now, the majority of companies and their employees have found logistical solutions to make working from home possible during the COVID pandemic: Assets like computers or credit cards can be delivered by courier, for...more

[Webinar] The 2020 Business Solutions Series: Does Your Mandatory Training Program Comply with the Emergency Temporary Standard...

Williams Mullen on 8/28/2020

Join us for an overview of critical components of training programs for all Virginia employers that must be completed by September 25, 2020. Presented by the Hampton Roads Alliance and Williams Mullen - Topics include:...more

Safety Protocols in the Face of COVID: What New Virginia Safety Standards Require of Employers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/27/2020

Beginning July 27, 2020, Virginia will become one of the first states to implement comprehensive, mandatory safety regulations for employees returning to work during and post-COVID. In a press release last week, Governor...more

COVID-19 FAQs For California Employers

Cozen O'Connor on 7/6/2020

We have prepared the following FAQ to guide California employers with respect to their workplace policies and their response to the orders and laws that have been passed at the federal, state and local level to contend with...more

EEOC Issues Guidance on Workplace Accommodations and Avoiding Discrimination

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/24/2020

In addressing the protections for “workers at higher risk,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued guidance called “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act,...more

#WorkforceWednesday: Mobile Tracking Technologies, Added PPP Flexibility, Return-to-Work Plans - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/10/2020

Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. Here’s the week’s top workforce management and employment law news: Mobile Tracking Technologies (video featuring attorneys Adam Forman, Karen Mandelbaum, and George Whipple) Mobile...more

Returning to Work (While Social Distancing): Top Considerations for UK Employers

White & Case LLP on 5/28/2020

On 10 May 2020, the UK Government outlined its plans to enable certain sectors in England to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have continued the...more

New Challenges for Employers, But Old Accommodation, Anti-Discrimination, Wage Laws Still Apply

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/22/2020

In the unprecedented circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, employers contemplating bringing employees back to work are confronted with a world very different from the one that existed just over two months ago....more

Employment Law Now IV-70 - Understanding the Latest EEOC Covid-19 Guidance

Cozen O'Connor on 5/13/2020

The EEOC recently updated its Covid-19 guidance (on May 7, 2020) to address such issues as medical screening and testing, required reasonable accommodations, and discrimination/harassment issues. Today's new episode provides...more

What Steps to Take When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 5/3/2020

This is the first of two articles that will address specific situations employers are likely to face during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article focuses on what steps to take when an employee tests positive for COVID-19. ...more

This Too Shall Pass: and Then What? Part 2 - Legal Considerations for Return-to-Work Decision-Making

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/1/2020

In our first piece in this returning to work series, we examined the logistical issues associated with returning employees to work. In this latest segment, we will address the legal considerations underpinning the...more

Coronavirus and the Workplace: Guidance for Employers Resuming Operations

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/29/2020

As states and localities begin to relax shelter-in-place requirements and allow businesses to reopen, the coronavirus pandemic presents new challenges for employers. In addition to operational and logistical questions...more

Are You Ready to Reopen? Legal and Practical Issues to Consider

FordHarrison on 4/24/2020

There is mounting pressure to reopen businesses as many, particularly small ones, are struggling to survive under various stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders. President Trump issued his “Opening Up America Again”...more

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing Issues COVID-19 FAQs

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/26/2020

With the rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, California employers have endeavored to ensure the health and safety of their workforces while at the same time heeding the anti-discrimination provisions of the California Fair...more

COVID-19 Employment Law Update: Guidance For Employers from the CDC and OSHA; Employers Rights and Responsibilities Under the ADA...

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP on 3/25/2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) official declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic has a significant impact on employer and employee rights and obligations in the workplace under various state and federal...more

Confronting COVID-19 in the Workplace

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 3/13/2020

Employers are faced with critical questions and important legal obligations as they address Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) matters in the workplace. While it is impossible to address all potential legal issues in a single client...more

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