Focus The COVID-19 Vaccine: An Update for Employers As of January 19, 2021, two vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the FDA, with two additional vaccines nearing the end of clinical trials. With vaccines now...more
2/1/2021
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On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a second pandemic relief bill. The relief bill did not renew the employee paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) – the Emergency Family and...more
12/24/2020
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Navigating the Minefield of Legal Challenges as Employees Return to Work -
Employers face a host of potential legal pitfalls as businesses that were closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic reopen and new virus hotspots...more
New York District Court -
On August 3, 2020 a district court judge for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion striking down certain portions of the Department of Labor’s Final Rule interpreting the Families...more
On March 28, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its third set of Question and Answer guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, updating some of its earlier answers and adding more than twenty...more