With so much of the workforce going remote this past year, there has been a huge shift in the way many people view pet ownership. In fact, the national pet adoption rate jumped more than 30% at the beginning of the pandemic,...more
6/21/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Policies ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Pets ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Remote Working ,
Service Animals ,
Telecommuting
This series explores tips from companies that have figured out how to run a business with a remote workforce, with advice on how to help re-engage your remote workforce, or, if you already have a good system in place, how to...more
This series explores tips from companies that have figured out how to run a business with a remote workforce, with advice on how to help re-engage your remote workforce, or, if you already have a good system in place, how to...more
This series explores tips from companies that have figured it out, and have advice on how to help re-engage your remote workforce, or, if you already have a good system in place, how to make sure you keep employees productive...more
Employer obligations to provide paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ended on December 31, 2020. On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act...more
3/25/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Tax Credits ,
Wage and Hour
This is the first of several posts addressing remote work considerations arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now well into 2021 and more and more employers are considering the return to office plan. But what if you...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires covered employers – those with 500 or fewer employees – to provide eligible employees with up to two weeks of paid sick leave and up to twelve weeks (ten of which...more
8/5/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Distance Learning ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Relief Measures ,
School Closures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Telecommuting
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires employers with at least 100 employees (and federal contractors with at least 50 employees) to file an EEO-1 Report with a count of employees by establishment and job...more
5/22/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
On March 4, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia caught the employer community by surprise by ordering the EEO-1 pay data reporting requirement immediately reinstated....more
3/7/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court found that a Six Flags pass holder had a valid claim as an “aggrieved person” under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act of 2008 (“BIPA”), hence having the right to bring an...more
3/7/2019
/ Amusement Parks ,
Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Standing
A second wave of the Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) were released to 750 more contractors. As we previously reported, 1,000 CSALs were mailed in February, with scheduling letters that followed on March 19,...more
Following last year’s trend, the OFCCP’s website indicates that the Agency mailed 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) on February 1, 2018. ...more