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Fisher Phillips

The Employer’s Playbook for Managing Remote and Hybrid Workforces

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The rise of remote work has forced employers to tackle one challenge after another – and now the biggest challenge is effectively managing remote and hybrid workforces for the long term. When the pandemic hit, many employers...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Navigating Changes to a Job Post-PERM Certification Part 2

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This is the second of the two-part series Navigating Changes to a Job Post-PERM Certification, which evaluates the impact a job change may have on an approved, certified PERM and during a foreign national’s green card...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Reimbursing California Remote Employees' Expenses: Obligation Confirmed

Reimbursing employees for job-related expenses has become a hot-button issue with so many employees working remotely and even on-site employees communicating with their employers by way of their personal cell phones. The...more

Morgan Lewis

California’s Pandemic Stay-at-Home Order Didn’t Excuse Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Necessary Work-From-Home Expenses

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The California Court of Appeal held in Thai v. International Business Machines Corp. that even if government-mandated stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic were an intervening cause of employees working from home...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Court of Appeal Clarifies Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Expenses Depends on Whether They Were a Direct Consequence...

On July 11, 2023, the California Court of Appeal in Thai v. IBM held that whether an employer is obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by an employee working from home turns on whether the expenses were a direct...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] Managing Post Pandemic Remote Work - Top Ten Things CA Employers Need to Know - January 18th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

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As we hopefully continue to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some things we hope to leave behind, but other, formerly “temporary” aspects of the pandemic appear to be taking more permanent root. Chief among these...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Ninth Circuit Rules Computer Start-Up Time Is Compensable

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Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit held that computer start-up time is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) where computer usage is an “integral and indispensable” part of an employee’s duties. More...more

World Law Group

[Webinar] Crossing Borders: Remote Work - EMEA - October 11th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT

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The pandemic forcefully introduced many companies and employees to remote work. Although many have returned to the office, many others are embracing the idea of remote work indefinitely, and employers and employees alike face...more

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[Webinar] Crossing Borders: Remote Work - Americas - October 4th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

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The pandemic forcefully introduced many companies and employees to remote work. Although many have returned to the office, many others are embracing the idea of remote work indefinitely, and employers and employees alike face...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Quiet Quitting and What Employers Can Do About It

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“Quiet quitting” is the newest coined phrase that has burst onto the workplace scene. Not to be confused with the “great resignation,” quiet quitting is commonly understood to mean employees intentionally prioritizing the...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Best Practices to Prevent Internal Fraud and Embezzlement

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While companies increase focus on external risks by enhancing regulatory compliance, anti-corruption policies, and cybersecurity, they must not lose sight of internal risks, including internal fraud and embezzlement....more

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[Webinar] Crossing Borders: Remote Work - Asia - September 27th, 2:00 am GMT

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The pandemic forcefully introduced many companies and employees to remote work. Although many have returned to the office, many others are embracing the idea of remote work indefinitely, and employers and employees alike face...more

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Employers Address "Quiet Quitting"

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You've likely heard about the latest term to enter the workplace zeitgeist - "quiet quitting" - from any number of sources, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Advocates of "quiet quitting" are largely...more

Fisher Phillips

First Shot Fired: EEOC Files First Pandemic-Related Remote Work Discrimination Lawsuit

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After the COVID-19 pandemic required many employers to implement remote work arrangements (both to continue their operations and to comply with new state and federal regulations), many employers – and employment lawyers –...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

So Your Employee Wants To Work Remotely Out Of State

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Given the “new normal” of remote work for many employees throughout the country, the question as to whether to allow an employee to work in another state – either permanently or temporarily – has become something employers...more

Jaburg Wilk

JAN Speaks, and We Should Listen . . . Sorry, Marcia.

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The COVID pandemic has created unprecedented change in our lives and the workplace is no exception. Employers have had to scramble to meet accommodation requests in an unsure and novel environment. One of my favorite...more

Bowditch & Dewey

[Webinar] Legal aspects of returning high-risk employees to work in Massachusetts - September 15th, 10:00 am ET

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Bob Young will be speaking at the webinar, “Legal aspects of returning high-risk employees to work in Massachusetts” hosted by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Panelists will cover a wide range of topics, including: -...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Remote Working Laws for Calif. Employers

BB&K Attorneys Damian Moos and Kandice Kim Write About What Employers Should Know in the Southern Calif. Newspaper Group - In response to state and local COVID-19 stay at home orders, many California employers...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Remote Working During COVID-19 (and Beyond?): Frequently Asked Questions

Many state and local orders continue to require certain employees to work remotely or telecommute during the COVID-19 pandemic. And even where employees are beginning to return to the workplace, employers may face an increase...more

McAfee & Taft

Change in job duties may necessitate change in ADA accommodation

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It was a close call, but a court recently denied an employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act claim that her employer had improperly refused a request to continue working from home as an accommodation. With the growth of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Close Call: American Airlines Wins ADA Case by One Vote, but the Warning Signals for Employers are Loud and Clear

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a 2-1 decision in Bilinsky v American Airlines, Inc., 2019 WL 2610944 (7th Cir. June 26, 2019), the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed American Airlines’ summary judgment win against a former employee who...more

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