On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) Safety and Health Codes Board voted 9-2 to approve the nation’s first emergency workplace regulation related to COVID-19. The new regulation was issued in...more
7/21/2020
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Workplace Safety
While the United States and California legal worlds remain (understandably) focused on issues arising out of the COVID-19 global pandemic, California courts continue to issue important, and potentially policy-altering,...more
6/5/2020
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Vested Benefits
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the worldwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic. As the ripple effects from COVID-19 continue to grow, employers are increasingly...more
Employment Law Commentary Blog -
Many employers have long used noncompetition agreements, or noncompetes, as an important tool for preventing former employees from unfairly competing against them. Although only a few...more
On August 10, 2018, Massachusetts’ Governor signed into law the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “Act”), establishing strict new requirements for noncompetition agreements with employees entered on or after...more
When One Person's Scent is Another Person's Disability -
A California jury recently awarded a $3.3 million verdict to a California Department of Transportation (“CALTRANS”) employee who alleged a variety of...more
In January, in Mach Mining, LLC v. E.E.O.C., the Supreme Court determined that courts do have the power to review whether or not the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has “satisfied its statutory obligation to...more
It is rare these days for a California appellate court to weigh in on whether an employer is vicariously liable for accidents involving an employee that occur during the employee’s commute to and from work. The law was...more