What's the Tea in L&E? Injury or Disability: What's the Difference?
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The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Workers’ Comp Alert
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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0 Act – Highlights and To Do’s for 2023
#WorkforceWednesday: States Adjust COVID-19 Regulations and OSHA ETS Released - Employment Law This Week®
Return to the Office – Employer Considerations (Part 1)
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems - How to Address Employees Who Do Not Want to Return to the Workplace
#WorkforceWednesday: CDC Permits Shortened Quarantine Periods, CAL/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations, NY Amends WARN Act - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: NY Travel Advisory Changes, CA’s COVID-19 Exposure Notice, Executive Order Reversals - Employment Law This Week®
Election 2020: Providing for Employees in the Post COVID-19 Workplace
Politics at Work
Law Brief: Returning to the Office – Considerations for Employers Bringing Back Employees
#WorkforceWednesday: CA Employer Playbook, Federal COVID-19 Updates, DOL’s FFCRA Rule Vacated in Part - Employment Law This Week®
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Return to Work Compliance: What You Need to Know About Virginia’s New Emergency Temporary Standard
#WorkforceWednesday: First Workplace Safety Mandates, COVID-19 Employee Training, Masks Required at Major Retailers - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Urges Face Masks, ADA Turns 30, Employee Vacations - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA’s Three-Phase Plan, COVID-19 Workplace Training, Virginia’s Seismic Shift - Employment Law This Week®
Health Care Employers Face Reopening Challenges - Employment Law This Week®
JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP: Protecting Trade Secrets in Remote-Work Situations
An amendment to the Labour Code has expanded worker protection to include reprotoxic substances (i.e. substances capable of causing infertility, miscarriage or fetal developmental defects)....more
Introduction - Following the hottest June on record and with temperatures rising as we approach the dog days of summer, OSHA recently issued a long-awaited proposed rule creating standards for heat injury and illness...more
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has issued its anticipated model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (for non-health care settings). As we previously noted here, SB 553 added California...more
Introduction - GENERAL OVERVIEW - Hong Kong employers and employees have become increasingly aware of their rights and obligations under the anti-discrimination legislation since the passing of the Sex Discrimination...more
Following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has finally revisited its indoor heat illness prevention standard (the Standard)....more
Every employer in South Africa has the legal obligation to provide and maintain a safe working environment, as far as is reasonably practicable, which is without risk to the health of employees. This legal duty includes,...more
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law eight pieces of legislation designed to combat human trafficking. These laws require many hospitality industry employers to provide specific anti-human-trafficking...more
Auto Recycler Fired Employee During Treatment for Cancer After Denying Her Requests for Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS – Tyler, Texas-based K&L Auto Crushers will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to...more
The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) filed a new emergency rule on July 16, 2021, that provides increased protection to employees who are exposed to wildfire smoke. The rule took effect immediately, though enforcement...more
Earlier today (June 10, 2021), OSHA issued COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Subpart U applicable to healthcare settings. While OSHA has indicated that future guidance may be provided for other industries, today’s...more
As the construction industry continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it also continues to focus on worker safety. Consistent with this focus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...more
As we wrote on December 3, 2020, an emergency COVID-19 rule was adopted and approved by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The regulation contains significant new requirements including a mandatory...more
Employers throughout California are scrambling to understand and comply with Cal/OSHA’s sweeping new COVID-19 prevention rule, which was enacted on an emergency basis and went into effect on November 30. The regulation...more
Effective November 30, 2020, Cal/OSHA approved new regulations impacting employers’ obligations to prevent workplace exposure to COVID-19 and stop outbreaks. The rules apply to all employers regardless of size unless there...more
The Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation adopted by Cal/OSHA late this month will go into effect as early as Monday, November 30, 2020. When it becomes effective, the regulation will be the most sweeping and demanding...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) tweeted last week that it has cited more than 200 employers for coronavirus-related violations, with penalties totaling nearly $3 million. Amidst this wave of...more
In an effort to combat the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in New Jersey, on October 28, 2020 Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 192 (the “Order”), mandating health and safety standards to protect New Jersey’s workers...more
It’s #WorkforceWednesday. This week, Virginia became the first state to issue workplace safety standards, but with guidance still varying widely, many nationwide businesses have begun requiring masks. Virginia Issues COVD-19...more
With millions of employees returning to worksites across the country, and given COVID-19’s reach, providing every team member with practical guidance and training on how to protect co-workers and others is becoming...more
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Nearly ten weeks after Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Commonwealth has begun reopening its economy in phases. LOOKING BACK - On March 10,...more
Many states are beginning to experience a “flattening of the curve” when it comes to COVID-19 virus infection rates. With regulations varying from state to state, there are still so many unanswered questions about how...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 11, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker outlined the state’s Four-Phased Approach to Reopening the Massachusetts economy, and provided Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards, which will apply...more
VOSHA issues new requirements for reopening businesses in Vermont. Vermont’s Occupational and Safety Health Administration (VOSHA) and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development have issued the following requirements...more