Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Second Chance Initiatives: Hiring Workers with Criminal Histories
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: Vaccination Mandates Continuing & Federal Contractor Minimum Wage
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
DE Under 3: Declining Union Membership & EEOCs First Year Results Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
The Patchwork of Federal Vaccine Mandates
What Contractors Need to Know About Vaccination Mandates and New “Safer Federal Workforce” Guidance
Construction Contractor Compliance Update: Government Audits, Vax Mandates, and More
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Challenges and Guidance on Biden's Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Form Updated, Job Application Compliance - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Biden’s Employer Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Safety Plans, Cannabis Cases - Employment Law This Week®
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
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Changes to the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations under the Canada Labour Code will require federally-regulated employers to make menstrual products available to their employees for free and provide disposal...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC has released technical assistance on preventing workplace harassment in the federal sector. While the guidance does not specifically apply to private employers, it provides important lessons for...more
Hispanic Women and People With Disabilities Show Gains; Retaliation Tops Complaint Bases - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its Annual Report on the Federal Workforce for...more
APERÇU - Depuis le 1er décembre 2022, les employés dans les lieux de travail relevant de la compétence fédérale peuvent commencer à accumuler jusqu’à 10 jours de congés payés pour des raisons médicales par année, sous...more
OVERVIEW - Effective December 1, 2022, employees in federally regulated private-sector workplaces will start to accrue up to 10 days of paid medical leave per year, subject to certain terms and conditions. This change is...more
Last December, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code (Bill C-3), received Royal Assent. Once in force, Bill C-3 will repeal the Canada Labour Code’s (CLC) current entitlement for employees in...more
Executive Summary: EEOC and OFCCP have issued a new workplace poster, and the end of the year is quickly approaching. Now is the time for federal contractors to start planning for 2023 compliance with OFCCP obligations...more
The patchwork collection of state and federal requirements applicable to COVID-19 vaccination continues to remain in flux. Beginning December 2021, there was a nationwide stay in the implementation of Executive Order 14042's...more
On October 19, 2022, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force published an update for federal contractors regarding new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) on the contractor vaccine mandate....more
As we previously reported, on August 26, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision narrowing the nationwide injunction against the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractor employees...more
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
Governor Gavin Newsome signed into law September 19, 2022 several measures relating to marijuana, including one that prohibits employment discrimination based on off-duty use of marijuana. The law takes effect on January 1,...more
With apologies to Jaws II, just when you thought it was safe, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has released a shark back into the EO 14042 waters. On Friday, August 26, the 11th Circuit published a 66-page...more
On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit brought back to life complicated legal, management, and labor issues related to COVID-19 vaccine requirements for many government contractors. By significantly narrowing a...more
On August 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in the federal government’s appeal of a lower court order striking down the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for...more
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed initial regulations to implement the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (Fair Chance Act). The proposed regulations would apply to federal employees and will...more
As we approach the unofficial start to Summer 2022, today's new episode addresses the 10 issues that should be on the radar of all employers....more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Over the past two years, we have heard much about the burden on “caregivers” during the pandemic. Whether it was caring for school age children while school was remote and daycare closed, or caring for elderly family members,...more
On March 3, 2022, the Indiana General Assembly passed House Bill 1001, which restricts employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates. This legislation - which was controversial out of the gate - was toned down significantly by the...more
Over the past year, it has become increasingly common for employers in Massachusetts to establish and enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. Such policies are legal and appropriate in Massachusetts. Unless required...more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a report on workers age 40 and over in the federal workforce with details regarding pay disparities, the proportion of older workers on staff,...more
The federal government is the latest employer to adopt fair chance hiring requirements for certain parts of its workforce and contractors. The goal being to assist qualified workers with a criminal history to compete for...more