On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold for the overtime exemption for employees employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional...more
On August 1, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised Employment Eligibility Verification form, commonly referred to as the I-9 form. To download a copy of the new I-9 form click here. While...more
8/8/2023
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On May 30, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer A. Abruzzo released Memorandum 23-08 (Memo) in yet another effort to alter the labor and employment landscape. This Memo follows the Federal...more
On March 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the rules governing how workers are paid on federally funded construction projects. The proposed changes represent the...more
3/15/2022
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On January 26, 2022, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required large employers to either mandate vaccination or weekly COVID-19 testing. The ETS...more
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court blocked the emergency standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would have required employees at businesses with 100 or more...more
1/14/2022
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With OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) hanging in the balance of a special January 7, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court session, your organization should nonetheless prepare to comply with a Vaccine-or-Test COVID-19 policy. As...more
1/13/2022
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Written Notice
On December 17, 2021, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to lift the stay on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which requires private businesses with at least 100 employees to ensure that...more
On November 30, 2021, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to block the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In approving the preliminary...more
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) affects employers with 100 or more employees, requiring covered employers to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for employees to be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly testing....more
On November 4, 2021 OSHA issued the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS requires covered employers to develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an...more
11/9/2021
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BACKGROUND-
Federal contractors and subcontractors have a lot to consider as they navigate the challenges COVID-19 presents to the workplace. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his Path Out of the Pandemic:...more
11/9/2021
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On Labor Day, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to New York Labor Law that holds prime and general construction contractors jointly and severally liable for unpaid wages, benefits, and wage supplements owed...more
On September 14, 2020, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 606 into law which provides civil immunity to employers facing COVID-19 related lawsuits. HB 606 provides, in part:
SECTION 2. (A) No civil action for damages for...more
The Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“FMLA+”) and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Expansion Act (“EPSLEA”), set to take effect on April 1st, authorize the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to issue regulations that exempt...more
On Friday, March 27, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed an order that would ensure every state contractor that is operating as an essential business is following best practices regarding social distancing, cleaning, etc...more
On March 24th, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published summaries of employee rights and employer obligations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on the DOL’s COVID-19 and the Workplace website. Also...more
COVID-19 Employment Challenges With the COVID-19 outbreak, employers are facing many questions related to managing their workforces, protecting their employees, and navigating the effect of government efforts to contain the...more
3/23/2020
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On March 18th, Congress sent to President Trump, and President Trump signed into law, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). The Act addresses many topics relating to COVID-19 Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”),...more
3/23/2020
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Relief Measures ,
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Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Unemployment Insurance
In his March 18 afternoon press briefing, Governor DeWine advised Ohio employers to take the temperatures of all employees every day and went so far as to say that if employers do not do this, the next step will be to close...more
The EEOC’s September 30th deadline for all covered employers to submit pay data for 2017 and 2018 wage data is right around the corner. While some employers may have implemented data collection tools intended to meet this...more