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COVID-19: A Disability Under New Jersey’s Anti-Discrimination Law? Appellate Division Responds

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Key Takeaways - The New Jersey Appellate Division considered whether contracting COVID-19 is sufficient for an employee to claim they qualify as an individual with a disability under the New Jersey Law Against...more

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End of National Health Emergency Could Trigger Tax Liabilities for Remote Workers

President Biden recently announced that the national emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic will end on May 11, 2023. This move may result in unexpected tax issues for employers with remote workers in states where they...more

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What Cal/OSHA’s “Permanent” COVID Standards Mean for Employers

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Effective Feb. 3, 2023, California has implemented new, “permanent,” COVID-19 standards. The new regulations were adopted by Cal/OSHA on Dec. 15, 2022, but only became effective upon the review and final approval by the...more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Blocking Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

On December 19, 2022, a panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 federal contractor vaccine mandate. The 2-1 panel...more

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Cal/OSHA Approves Non-Emergency COVID-19 Standard In Time for the Holidays

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) approved the long-proposed 2-year “permanent” COVID-19 standard. The new standard will take effect on January 1,...more

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Cal/OSHA Will Not Alter the Proposed Non-Emergency COVID Regulation Now on Course to Become Effective January 1, 2023

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During a meeting of the Cal/OSHA Standards Board on November 17, 2022, Cal/OSHA’s Chief Deputy for Health and Research Standards unequivocally stated that no further modifications will be made to the proposed non-emergency...more

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The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from October 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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New York City COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Dealt a Fatal Blow

​​​​​​​On October 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, upheld a challenge to New York City’s vaccine mandate for public-sector employees, ordered the immediate reinstatement of and back pay...more

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New Guidance on Contractor Vaccine Mandate Anticipated Soon

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On Friday, October 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) announced that they anticipate further guidance will be issued following the narrowing of the...more

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San Francisco’s New Public Health Emergency Law Creates Mandatory Paid Leave

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Beginning October 1, 2022, when a public health emergency is in place, businesses with 100 or more employees worldwide must provide up to 80 hours of paid Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) each calendar year to each...more

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Cal/OSHA Issues Guidance on Protecting Workers From Monkeypox

​​​​​​​On September 13, 2022, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued guidance regarding protection of workers from monkeypox (MPX) under the Aerosol Transmissible Disease (ATD) Standard,...more

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The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from August 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction

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Last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Executive Order 14042. On Aug. 26, 2022, the U.S....more

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Updated CDC COVID-19 Guidance Eliminates Precautionary Quarantine, Focuses on Boosters, Masking, and Testing

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On August 11, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems.  Observing that increasing...more

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What Do the CDC COVID-19 Updates Mean For My Business?

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As many of you have likely heard, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) extensively revised its recommendations for how to address COVID-19. These broad updates are going to result in a major overhaul of the...more

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The 10 Most Common Employer Questions After the CDC Loosens its COVID-19 Guidance

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The nation’s federal health authorities marked the next chapter of the pandemic yesterday by significantly loosening many COVID-19 recommendations – including dropping the “six-foot” social distancing rule – thereby...more

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EEOC Updates Its COVID-19 Related Technical Guidance Amid New Trends

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On July 12, 2022, the EEOC again revised its technical assistance questions and answers related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal equal employment...more

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Bucking Trend, Courts Find Potential Coverage for COVID-Related Business Interruption Loss

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Since June 2022, policyholders have grown cautiously optimistic as two state appellate courts have ruled in favor of policyholders seeking coverage for business interruption loss stemming from COVID-19. As has been well...more

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California’s New Close Contact and Infectious Period Definitions Have Far-Reaching Pandemic Implications for Employers

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California public health officials recently revised the definitions of “close contact” and “infectious period” that appear in the state’s pandemic-related rules – and the new broader standards might catch some employers by...more

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Canada Suspends Mandatory Vaccines for Most Travel, Federally Regulated Transportation Workers, and Federal Government Employees

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On June 14, 2002, Canada announced that, due to the country’s improved public health situation, certain vaccination requirements are suspended as of June 20. Federally Regulated Travel Sector...more

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July is the New January – New State Laws Do Not Take the Summer Off

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It used to be that employers had the luxury of waiting until January 1 to be vigilant for new employment laws and compliant challenges.  For the past several years, we have reported on employment and labor laws taking effect...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules that COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Trigger the “Natural Disaster” Exception to WARN Notice Requirements

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In the first such decision from a federal appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled the COVID-19 pandemic is not a “natural disaster” that exempts employers from providing advance notice of...more

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Employee with Mild Symptoms of COVID-19 Was Not “Disabled” Under California Law

In Michelle Roman v. Hertz Local Edition Corp., a United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Hertz, and against former employee Michelle Roman, whose...more

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Canada: Another Arbitrator Dismisses Grievance Disputing Mandatory Vaccination Policy

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On April 27, 2022, in Canada Post Corporation v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Canada Post), Arbitrator Thomas Joliffe, Q.C. dismissed a union grievance disputing that the unilateral imposition of a mandatory vaccination...more

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Canada: Key Trends in Arbitration Awards Pertaining to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

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Since late fall 2021, we have seen a steady flow of arbitration awards emerge in Ontario and British Columbia that consider issues relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies in the unionized workplace. In this...more

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