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Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide... more +
Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide minimum essential insurance coverage to their employees or else pay statutory penalties. The concept of an employer mandate is not unique to the Affordable Care Act; many EU countries have their own versions with different and/or expanded employer obligations.  less -
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Israel: Amendment to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law

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The Knesset recently promulgated an amendment to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law.    This is an important legislative amendment protecting a large group of employees who are largely at the bottom of the organizational...more

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No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

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The new Texas ban on vaccine mandates may be just the start. COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available. While several...more

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Tennessee Closes the Loop on Workplace Vaccine Mandates

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Do you have a mandatory vaccination policy? Are you exempt from Tennessee’s COVID-19 vaccine protection law because you’re a federally regulated company, healthcare provider governed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare &...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA ETS Moves to the Sixth Circuit, Federal Agencies Join to Combat Workplace Retaliation, NY Increases...

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This week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine emergency temporary standard (ETS) is currently in the hands of the Sixth Circuit, while New York employers have several updates to look out for...more

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New Tennessee Law Prohibits Many Employers from Requiring Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Status, Creates Exemption Process for...

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Employers in Tennessee need to hold off on requiring COVID-19 vaccine proof from employees because they might run afoul of a newly minted law. On November 12, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an omnibus COVID-19 bill into law...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from August 2021

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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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Are Vaccine Mandates Becoming the “New Normal” For Employers?

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COVID-19 is once again at the forefront for employers as the Delta variant rapidly surges throughout the country, while vaccination rates lag and new scientific findings explain how the virus spreads. Faced with concerns that...more

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The Elements of Your COVID-19 Voluntary Vaccine Policy

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About half of the U.S. working age, vaccine-eligible population has now been vaccinated, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) tracking data. New CDC guidelines allow the fully vaccinated to unmask,...more

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Law Requiring all Massachusetts Employers to Provide COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Signed by Gov. Baker, Effective...

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Effective immediately, Massachusetts employers must furnish up to 40 hours of COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave (“COVID Leave”) to their employees, to be made available either through September 30, 2021, or until the...more

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DFEH Issues Guidance to Employers Regarding Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

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On March 4, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) updated its COVID-19 related guidance. In addition to addressing whether an employer may ask about symptoms, take employees’ temperatures,...more

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DC Council Passes COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Workplace Safety Statute

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On February 1, 2021, DC Mayor Bowser signed emergency legislation passed by the DC Council, requiring DC employers to “adopt and implement social distancing and worker protection policies to prevent transmission of COVID-19...more

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Virginia Adopts COVID-19 Workplace Safety Mandates

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Virginia has adopted mandatory and specific occupational safety and health regulations applicable to employers in the Commonwealth. Virginia adopted an emergency temporary standard, the first in the nation, that requires...more

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New York Employers Must Update Employee Handbooks to Provide Notice of Ban on Discrimination Based on Reproductive Health...

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Time is of the Essence: Effective January 7, 2020, New York employers who have an Employee Handbook must include in the Handbook a notice of employees’ rights to be free of discrimination and retaliation on the basis of their...more

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New Jersey Passes Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

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On May 2, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law mandating all private and public New Jersey employers, regardless of size, offer paid sick leave. This makes New Jersey the 10th state to adopt mandatory paid sick leave...more

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind...But Don’t Forget the Possibility of ACA Retaliation Claims

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While many were hoping that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would finally be dead by now, and others are lamenting the fact that the “repeal-and-replace” attempts have fallen by the wayside, we thought it may be worthwhile to...more

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[Webinar] Update on OSHA's Electronic Recordkeeping and Anti-Retaliation Rule - September 12th, 1:00pm ET

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OSHA’s controversial Electronic Injury and Illness Recordkeeping data submission rule, along with new Anti-Retaliation elements, has thus far survived a barrage of negative stakeholder comments during the rulemaking, multiple...more

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New OSHA Regulations - Does Your Drug Testing Policy Comply?

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At the end of last year, OSHA began enforcing new regulatory rules expanding the requirements for employers’ reporting and submitting workplace injury and illness records. These new reporting requirements also contain new...more

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Morristown Becomes New Jersey's 13th Municipality to Mandate Paid Sick Leave

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On January 11, 2017, Morristown will join the growing list of municipalities in New Jersey requiring private sector employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. The Morristown ordinance, initially passed by a 6-1 vote...more

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New Electronic Reporting Rule for Workplace Injuries in Effect

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OSHA’s new rule requiring employers to electronically submit data on workplace injuries and illnesses went into effect yesterday, December 1, 2016. Actual electronic submissions to OSHA, however, do not begin until July 2017....more

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Another Party Enters ACA Enforcement and HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement Expands

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OSHA Joins the ACA Enforcement Regime - Effective on and after October 13, 2016, employers need to watch their mail from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) for notices related to ACA retaliation...more

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Seattle Mayor’s Office Proposes Predictable Scheduling Law

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The Seattle Mayor’s Office has proposed a Secure Scheduling Proposal that would require certain large employers operating within Seattle city limits to give their hourly workers advance notice of their schedules and to pay...more

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OSHA Delays Enforcement Date for New Workplace Injury and Illness Reporting Rule

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After a lawsuit was filed against OSHA challenging its May 2016 retaliation and recordkeeping rule, OSHA announced a three month delay in the rule’s effective date. OSHA announced yesterday that it has...more

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Preparing for the MANDATORY Digital Age of Workplace Injury Reporting You are about to be "Nudged"

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") issued a final rule last month that will require certain employers to participate in electronic data collection and reporting of recordable workplace injuries and...more

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The Employment Law Authority - May/June 2016

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The minimum salary threshold to qualify for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will more than double on December 1, 2016, from $23,660 per year to $47,476 per...more

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Employers Should Evaluate Safety Incentive Programs and Drug Testing Policies in Light of New OSHA Rule

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published a final rule revising its recordkeeping and reporting regulation to specifically state that employer policies for reporting workplace injuries and...more

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