Private companies doing business with the federal government won a major COVID-19-related victory recently when the Sixth Circuit held in Ciraci v. J.M. Smucker’s Co. that government contractors are not subject to...more
4/26/2023
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Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Actors ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
In late December of 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“the Act”). The Act contains a new privacy law called the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act,...more
3/21/2023
/ Breastfeeding ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) ,
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