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If You Do Business With the Federal Government, it May Be Time for Your Unvaccinated Employees to Roll Up Their Sleeves

If your company does business with the federal government or subcontractors of the federal government, you may have to require that your employees become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. On...more

Texas Says #MeToo to Enhanced Protections for Sexual Harassment Victims

Effective September 1, 2021, Texas has joined a growing list of states that have passed enhanced legal protections for victims of workplace sexual harassment. S.B. 45 amends current law relating to the prohibition against...more

Labor Day Fun Facts!

Yesterday, America celebrated Labor Day as a National Holiday for the 127th time. The very first Labor Day was celebrated in New York City on Tuesday, September 5, 1882. The first Labor Day was an outgrowth of the burgeoning...more

9/8/2021  /  Holidays , Unions

Mandated Vaccines: Denying Requests for Religious Accommodation in the Name of Safety

Mandatory Vaccination Policies are on the Rise - On August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. In the days that followed (and encouraged by President...more

Best Practices for Returning to Work in a Vaccinated World

For more than a year, the world has reacted to and adjusted for COVID-19. Now, with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, there is light at the end of the tunnel and individuals and companies can start moving forward and planning...more

Biden Puts Thumbprint on NLRB and Begins to Unwind Trump Board Policies

Last week, recently appointed acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Peter Ohr withdrew 10 separate guidance memos that were issued by his predecessor Peter Robb (a 2017 Trump appointee). These...more

IRS Cannabis Tax Guidance

The IRS recently issued tax guidance to the cannabis industry in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQs). These FAQs were followed up with the announcement by the IRS of a marijuana industry website that provides...more

If You Don’t Want to Be Sued, Don’t Become a COVID-19 Nuisance

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, one question that has surely raced through the minds of many employers is, “If one of my workers gets sick from COVID-19, can I be sued?” This author’s longstanding view on lawsuits...more

The President Issues an Order: Should I Stop Withholding Payroll Taxes?

On August 8, 2020 President Donald Trump issued four different executive actions in response to the breakdown in negotiations with congressional leaders over the next wave of economic stimulus programs designed to aid workers...more

Employee Leave for Childcare This Fall As School Closures Ramp Up

As COVID-19 continues to prompt many school districts and daycare centers to remain closed for on-site instruction and care this Fall, this creates a serious dilemma for working parents. Employers are struggling to meet...more

Board’s New Standard Paves Way for Employers to Address Potty-Mouthed Employees

What is an employer to do when an employee makes profane or offensive speech in the context of a union-management meeting? On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision that supports a private...more

Mama Always Said, ‘Tell the Truth,’ Especially When It Comes to COVID-19

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, employers have been placed in the position of having to deal with numerous conflicting legal and moral obligations. Prior to the pandemic, by virtue of the...more

How Do You Spell Relief? E-E-O-1

On May 7, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that, due to the impact of COVID-19 on workplaces, it would delay collection of EEO-1 reports nearly a year – until 2021. The agency plans to start...more

Department of Labor Corrects Temporary Rule and Provides Additional Q&A Regarding Families First Coronavirus Response Act

As we previously reported, on April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a temporary rule (“the Rule”), at 29 C.F.R. § 826, regarding administration of the paid leave provisions in the Families First...more

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Additional Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) published additional Q&As regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the Act”) on March 26, 2020, which address some of the open issues regarding the...more

What people need to know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

On March 18, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) was passed and signed into law. The Act, which applies to employers with fewer than 500 employees, provides for employer-paid for leave for workers who need...more

UPDATE: Employment Provisions Within the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The United States Senate passed The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), without any changes to H.R. 6201, passed by the House earlier this week. The Senate followed suit, passing the Act, including technical...more

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: What Claims In-House Counsel Should Expect in the Near Future

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Technical Corrections to the House’s Employment Provisions within the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

On Friday, March 13, 2020, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.6201 titled the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”).  And on Monday, March 16, 2020, the House made corrections to the Act.  As...more

Employment Provisions within the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Coronavirus: Employers Should Plan, Not Panic

Coronavirus, whose formal name is COVID-19, has been the subject of much media attention since the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, late last year. Just like recent outbreaks of the swine flu, the avian flu, SARS and the West...more

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