The EEOC recently updated its Covid-19 guidance (on May 7, 2020) to address such issues as medical screening and testing, required reasonable accommodations, and discrimination/harassment issues. Today's new episode provides...more
5/13/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Guidance Update ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Workplace Safety
In today's episode, Mike Schmidt is joined by Jason Brewer, EVP of Communications and State Affairs of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) to discuss how the retail industry has been planning for the return-to-work...more
In this episode, Mike Schmidt is joined by his colleague, Dan Johns, to discuss the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on union organizing and other traditional labor issues.
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If you missed today's telephone briefing held by the United States Department of Labor (4-23-20), this new episode summarizes the key points made by Secretary Scalia and other senior DOL officials on today's call to discuss...more
In today's episode, Mike Schmidt is joined by his Cozen O'Connor colleagues Howard Schweitzer (public strategies/gov't relations) and David Barron (labor and employment) to discuss what the next federal stimulus legislation...more
This is Part 2 of Mike Schmidt's 2-part episode pitting employee/plaintiff-side lawyer Hope Pordy, Esq. against employer/defendant-side lawyer Jeremy Glenn, Esq. to finish debating some interesting HR topics....more
4/17/2020
/ At-Will Employment ,
Code of Conduct ,
Confidential Information ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Exempt-Employees ,
First Amendment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Social Media ,
Unions ,
Work Life Balance ,
Workplace Communication
This is Part 1 of a 2-Part episode that pits an employee-side (plaintiff) lawyer against an employer-side (defendant) lawyer to debate various HR and employment law issues, including such questions as the future of at-will...more
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Labor just issued its regulations to implement the new federal Covid-19 obligations on Paid Sick Leave and FMLA. In this episode, Mike Schmidt tells you how the new regulations answer the 10...more
In this special weekend edition, Michael Schmidt hosts a roundtable discussion with 6 of his Cozen O'Connor colleagues to discuss frequently asked questions on the following issues: (1) labor and employment considerations;...more
4/4/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Healthcare ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Paid Leave ,
Presidential Elections ,
Primary Elections ,
SBA ,
Sick Leave ,
Small Business ,
U.S. Treasury
Mike Schmidt is joined by his Cozen O'Connor colleague, David Reichenberg, to discuss the antitrust concerns that may be overlooked by businesses during this current Coronavirus outbreak....more
Mike Schmidt is joined by his Cozen O'Connor colleague, Jennifer Williams, to answer questions relating to employers' WARN Act obligations in this current Coronavirus period....more
Mike Schmidt is joined by Michele Miller (Chair of Cozen O'Connor's West Coast Labor and Employment Group) to discuss how California is addressing Coronavirus issues for employers. Mike and Michele also discuss the status of...more
On March 18, President Trump signed the new federal Coronavirus legislation providing significant changes to the FMLA and paid sick leave requirements (effective April 2, 2020). Mike Schmidt is joined in this episode by...more
3/19/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
In Part 2 of 2 of this Employment Law Now episode, Mike Schmidt rebroadcasts the audio of Cozen O'Connor's 90-minute webinar in its entirety, entitled "Coronavirus and the Workplace." The discussion addresses the current...more
This special weekend episode (Part 1 of 2) summarizes brand new emergency legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend that will provide immediate changes to the FMLA and paid sick leave laws for...more
3/15/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Today’s episode looks at 6 key developments that every company should be thinking about: Coronavirus preparedness, the elimination of “at will”, post-shift security check compensation, a win for salary history bans,...more
Podcast host Michael Schmidt is joined by Dan Johns, a partner in Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, to talk about 3 significant NLRB decisions affecting all employers in the areas of (1) employee use of...more
2/13/2020
/ Confidentiality Policies ,
Electronic Communications ,
Email ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Union Dues ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Workplace Investigations
The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more
2/12/2020
/ Advance Notice ,
American Arbitration Association ,
Arbitration ,
At-Will Employment ,
City Councils ,
Covered Entities ,
Employee Rights ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Food Service Workers ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoffs ,
Local Ordinance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Private Right of Action ,
Punitive Damages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Statutory Penalties ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Wrongful Termination
For my 3rd anniversary special episode, I am joined once again by Howard Schweitzer to talk all things Trump and politics, and the current and future impact on business and employers....more
In today's episode, Mike Schmidt is joined by Kelly Trindel, Ph.D, of Pymetrics to talk about the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science in the employment recruitment process, and whether machines...more
In this first new episode of 2020 (Season 4), we look at the 15 hot topics your company should have on your list to think about....more
1/10/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Elections ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The podcast celebrates its 50th birthday with special guest David Weisenfeld at XpertHR, who joins the conversation about LGBTQ at the Supreme Court, mandatory arbitration, ban-the-box, data analytics, and hot HR topics to...more
Host Michael Schmidt is joined by Rebecca Nathanson, the Director of the Anti-Retaliation Unit and Counsel to Labor Standards at the New York Department of Labor to discuss issues ranging from the Department’s investigation...more
In today's episode, Debbie Friedman (partner at Cozen O'Connor) joins the podcast to talk about the issues that employers should consider with their employee handbooks....more