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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

When Bad Things Happen to Good Employers: 10 Crisis Management Tips

Crisis planning is not everyone’s idea of a good time, but an ounce of prevention is worth it when you are faced with a crisis. Here are 10 things to think about as you prepare for a possible crisis: Where is your...more

Fisher Phillips

A 10-Step Crisis Communications Playbook for Employers

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When a crisis erupts at your organization, you won’t have time to develop a response from scratch. Instead, you’ll need to have a robust crisis communications plan already in place so you can effectively communicate with your...more

Venable LLP

"Good Talk" - Strategic Legal Communications for Employers in the Wake of a Crisis

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In the wake of any crisis, stress and tensions run high. As a result, employers may be inclined to communicate prematurely, over- or under-communicate, or otherwise communicate without thinking about the potential legal...more

Troutman Pepper

Navigating the Storm: Crisis Management in the Workplace — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of the Hiring to Firing Podcast, Partners Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs sit down with Carol Cookerly, founder of Cookerly PR, a national marketing, PR, and crisis management firm. Drawing parallels from the TV...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How Crisis Preparedness and PR Management for a Company Event Can Reduce Risk

Leading global and emerging companies host events that vary in scale, scope and logistics. Dozens of hours are spent planning, but we find that clients sometimes neglect to prepare for the unlikely event of an accident,...more

FordHarrison

Strategies for Preparing to Deal with Crisis in the Workplace

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Increasingly, employers find themselves facing a variety of crises in the workplace and are called upon to respond in real time. Crises in the workplace can take many forms, but commonly include the following...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Prepare NOW to Manage Your Workforce Through a Cyberattack

It is every employer’s worst nightmare: an unsuspecting employee receives an email in the early morning from an individual claiming to be his supervisor. The email asks him to follow up on an urgent work assignment that needs...more

Miller Nash LLP

Responding to a Crisis: How Human Resources Can Make Things Better, Not Worse

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Just as unforeseen site conditions can test a contractor’s problem-solving skills, unexpected events can test a construction-industry employer’s crisis-management readiness. Crisis can hit at any time, and individuals...more

Adams and Reese LLP

[Virtual Event] Labor and Employment AR/HR Summit - August 10th - 12th, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm CDT

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Employers, especially HR professionals, have been on a roller coaster ride over the past 18 months. COVID-19 has not only changed the way we work but has underscored the need to take proactive steps to protect the longevity...more

Morgan Lewis

New York State Updates COVID-19 Office Rules as Vaccination Numbers Continue to Rise

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On June 8, 2021, the New York State Department of Health released updated interim guidance for office-based workplaces that removes significant prior restrictions. This new guidance comes on the heels of Governor Andrew...more

Hogan Lovells

New York set to require new workplace health and safety protections

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On April 21, 2021, both houses of the New York Legislature announced passage of the NY Hero Act, which will require employers to implement extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID-19...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Betriebsschließungen wegen COVID-19

Erste Gerichtsentscheidungen bejahen Lohnfortzahlungspflicht des Arbeitgebers - 1. DIE FRAGE DES BETRIEBSRISIKOS, § 615 S. 3 BGB - Ob der Arbeitgeber die Gehälter seiner Arbeitnehmer selbst dann weiterbezahlen muss,...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Oregon OSHA Issues Sample Materials for Required Employee Training and Releases Delayed Enforcement Memorandum

Oregon OSHA has just released a series of materials, including sample training materials, to help employers comply with OR-OSHA’s temporary workplace safety rules related to COVID-19. The new materials are summarized below....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California Issues New Regional Stay Home Order: What California Employers Need to Know

In a further attempt to "bend the curve" and to slow the spread of COVID-19 in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he is "pulling the emergency brake" on the state's reopening plans, and California has issued...more

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Americans urged to redouble infection preventions as pandemic rips nation

Although company-reported data on the potency of a prospective coronavirus vaccine provided rare glimmers of hope, the rampaging coronavirus pandemic triggered clangorous coast-to-coast health alarms: Infections are...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

San Francisco Enacts Temporary Protections for Corona-Positive Workers And Applicants

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved another temporary emergency ordinance, this time protecting employees, contractors, and job applicants from adverse employment action if...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The SAFE TO WORK Act: An In-Depth Guide For Employers To The Senate's Proposed Coronavirus Liability Shield

On July 27, 2020, Senate Republicans introduced the HEALS Act, its response to the Democrat-backed stimulus bill, the HEROES Act. Although the HEALS Act is currently on life support in light of the stalemate in negotiations...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

HR rises in crises

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We work with human resources professionals everyday, and at all levels. They have been at the forefront of dealing with the most dramatic change of our time felt directly in the workplace....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 80: South Korea’s Bellwether on the Pandemic Market Recovery with Paul Kim

The world as we knew it just a few months ago in January, when we last spoke with our Asian-markets expert Paul Kim, has completely changed. No one could have predicted the unprecedented nature of the economic, cultural, and...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Potential Costs of an Unsafe Workplace in the Era of COVID-19

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As the CDC and OSHA continue to update and modify their recommendations for best practices and their mandates for safe workplaces related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may feel like a daunting task to not only keep up with the...more

Littler

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders, as of April 24, 2020

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Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as stay at home and face covering mandates. ...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

German Government Gives Guidance on COVID Safety Protocol for Employers

Employee health and safety are top of mind when it comes to work in times of the pandemic – and when starting to take steps to return to a new normal where business continues even as outbreaks may flare up. When the lockdowns...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Employee Benefits Issues When Implementing Employee Salary Reductions Due to Coronavirus

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As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact businesses across the country and the world, many employers have implemented, or are considering, employee salary or wage reductions as one way to reduce overall business...more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19 Creates Havoc for Global Employers and Travelers

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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact most countries around the world, governments have introduced travel restrictions, temporarily suspended flights...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Employers May Be Able to Avoid WARN Notices for Furloughs Under Six Months

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With numerous furloughs and layoffs occurring around the country because of COVID-19 fallout, employers may have the ability to avoid cumbersome WARN Act notice requirements. Specifically, if employers furlough employees...more

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