In the world before the COVID-19 pandemic, business travel was a critical function for countless employees in a wide range of industries. Since the onset of the pandemic, and the attendant changes to otherwise normal...more
7/20/2020
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Best Practices ,
Border Closures ,
Business Travel ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
General Duty Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NLRA ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
OSHA ,
Public Health ,
Quarantine ,
Travel Restrictions ,
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Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: United States Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta recently withdrew the federal Wage & Hour Division’s (WHD) Obama-era guidance documents on independent contractors and joint employment. Those documents,...more