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Certain New York Retailers Must Now Establish Workplace Violence Prevention Programs

New York recently enacted the Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA), which takes effect on March 4, 2025, requiring certain retail employers to develop and implement protocols aimed at preventing violence in the workplace. Among...more

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Proposed Regulations Now Available for Review and Comment

In an update to our January 5, 2023 post and our June 27, 2023 post regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which took effect in late June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released...more

Supreme Court Announces a New Standard for Title VII Religious Accommodation Claims

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy has curtailed an employer’s ability to demonstrate an “undue hardship” when assessing an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil...more

New and Proposed New York and New York City Legislation

The BakerHostetler Labor and Employment Practice Group keeps a close watch on new and upcoming employment and labor laws that could have a significant impact on our New York-based clients. This alert highlights just some of...more

Neurodivergence in the Workplace and Associated Employment-Related Considerations

Although coined in the late 1990s, the term “neurodivergent” has only recently risen to mainstream recognition, with some studies now claiming that up to one in five employees identify as neurodivergent. As employers begin to...more

Issue Spotting for Employers in a Post-Roe Era

Unless you have had all media of every kind shut off the past few days, you have seen that on June 24 the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-4 opinion that Roe v. Wade - a nearly 50-year-old Supreme Court opinion providing the...more

Will states ‘come together’ to resolve remote work tax withholding issues...or will we continue ‘waiting here...on the long and...

The increased number of employees working remotely has caused a host of problems for employers - and employees - during the throes of the pandemic. Now that remote work is looking more and more like the new normal, it’s more...more

Supreme Court Rules: OSHA Vaccine Mandate Stayed; CMS Mandate In Effect

Update: CMS recently modified compliance deadlines for facilities previously subject to the injunctions lifted by the Supreme Court. Those facilities must now comply with phase 1 of the CMS rule by February 13, 2022 and phase...more

Supreme Court Sets Oral Argument on Requests to Stay the OSHA Vaccine Mandate ETS

In the continuing saga of whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) is legal, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on an...more

OSHA's ETS Vaccine Mandate Is Back, Says the Sixth Circuit, but OSHA Grants More Time for Employers to Comply

A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit, on Dec. 17, 2021, considered whether or not to extend the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the OSHA emergency temporary standard vaccine mandate or to reinstate the mandate. In a 2-1 majority...more

[Podcast] OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard on Covid-19 Vaccines | What You Need to Know Now to Meet the Short Deadlines for...

Our OSHA Vaccine Mandate Team deciphers the entirety of the new Emergency Temporary Standard and provides real-time guidance on how to comply....more

CMS Issues Emergency Regulations Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination For Workers at Healthcare Facilities Participating In Medicare And...

On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden announced his COVID-19 Action Plan – “Path Out of the Pandemic.” As part of this plan, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was directed to issue emergency regulations requiring...more

[Webinar] Understanding OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for Mandatory Employee Vaccinations - November 5th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm...

Join us as we discuss the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s newly released Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated or...more

Biden Mandates Large Employers Require Vaccinations and Provide Vaccine-Related PTO

On Sept. 10, 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to mandate that employers with 100 or more employees implement vaccine requirements as a condition of employment. More specifically, the administration has...more

CDC Does an About-Face on Mask Guidance for Vaccinated Individuals

On July 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People (Updated CDC Guidance). The Updated CDC Guidance is based upon new...more

Unmasking COVID-19 Business Restrictions

Over the past several weeks, as the number of vaccinated Americans continues to rise, many jurisdictions have eased, or even eliminated, their COVID-19 business restrictions and mask mandates. Most notably, on May 13, 2021,...more

What Employers Need to Know About Vaccine Administration

BakerHostetler’s Labor and Employment Group Chair Amy Traub discusses considerations around vaccine administration for employers from the perspectives of employment law, employee safety and health, and labor-management...more

FAQs: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act for Employers (Updated #3)

On March 18, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The Act took effect April 1, 2020, and it sunsets on December 31, 2020. This set of FAQs is intended to...more

FAQs: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act for Employers (Updated #2)

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The Act took effect April 1, 2020, and it sunsets on December 31, 2020. This set of FAQs is...more

FAQs: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act: What It Means for Employers (Updated #3)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a roughly $2 trillion bill intended to provide emergency assistance and healthcare response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19...more

FAQs: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act: What It Means for Employers (Updated #2)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a roughly $2 trillion bill intended to provide emergency assistance and healthcare response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19...more

FAQs: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act for Employers (Updated)

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The Act took effect April 1, 2020, and it sunsets on December 31, 2020. This set of FAQs is...more

FAQs: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act: What It Means for Employers (Updated)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a roughly $2 trillion bill intended to provide emergency assistance and healthcare response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the COVID-19...more

FAQs: COVID-19 – General Labor and Employment Legal Concerns – March 30, 2020 Update

BakerHostetler’s COVID-19 Labor and Employment Issues Task Force issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on March 18, 2020, regarding general legal issues concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are new FAQs that...more

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