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Funny You Should Ask: Employer Considerations For Rehiring Employees

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As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues. In this edition of Funny You Should Ask, we address three questions...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

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What Employers Need To Know About California’s New Regional Stay Home Order

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California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced a Regional Stay Home Order on December 3 that could soon have a dramatic impact on businesses in the state. Unlike previous orders, the Regional Stay Home Order focuses on...more

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BCLP Retail Insight: The Week That Was, Vol 10

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This week, the BCLP Retail team look at the impact of the four week lockdown for England and extension of furlough, review the scale of shop closures and key findings in LDC’s latest retail market analysis report, and discuss...more

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Key details for employers in the hospitality sector: second national coronavirus lockdown for England and extension of the...

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On Saturday 31 October, the UK Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown in England and an extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”). The lockdown comes into force on Thursday 4 November 2020 and...more

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COVID-19 UK Employment Update: New Lockdown, Furlough Extended, JSS delayed

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The UK Government announced on Saturday evening (31 October) that there will be a new national lockdown from Thursday (5 November) for four weeks. Whilst not as severe as the previous lockdown, many workplaces including...more

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Coronavirus: UK targeted furlough scheme for the hospitality sector - key details for employers

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Less than two weeks after the announcement of the Job Support Scheme (“JSS”) and with just over 3 weeks until the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) ends, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has, today, made an...more

Troutman Pepper

Return to Work: Questions All Employers Should Ask Before Reopening

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As governors begin to lift stay-at-home orders and communities around the country continue to progress through various phases of reopening, employers and employees alike are starting to plan for workers to return to offices...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Issues For Distressed Businesses: Initial Pointers For GCs

The announcements this week about the closure of 125 Frankie and Benny’s outlets, 35 Monsoon Accessorize shops, and the thousands of resulting job losses highlight the difficulties facing businesses in the wake of the...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

The Map For Financial Recovery During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Those who were not directly affected by illness or loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic may now be more focused on the consequences of what COVID-19 has done to our financial health. Businesses facing dismal projections and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Inoculating Against Wage and Hour Class Litigation Related to COVID-19

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, companies should focus in the first instance on health and safety issues for workers, customers, and the public at large during a pandemic, but they cannot lose sight of the wage and hour risks...more

McManis Faulkner

Child Support After COVID-19: The Do’s and The Don’ts

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In California and many other states, shelter-in-place orders are in effect.  If you are going through a divorce and you have been laid off, furloughed, or otherwise had a change in income due to the widespread impact of...more

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COVID-19 RIF Checklist: Key Issues to Consider in Reductions in Force

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The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that even historically successful organizations may be forced to reduce employee headcount to maintain economic viability. Reducing employees' pay or hours, or sending them home on...more

The Volkov Law Group

Are Compliance Officers “Essential”?

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In these challenging times, when governments around the world are asking all “non-essential” workers to stay home, and companies are struggling with business interruptions and difficult decisions regarding pay-cuts, layoffs...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

COVID-19 UK: Energy – Key Takeaways from the Energy Sector under Lockdown: Week 2 – Update

Moving into Q2, it is apparent that COVID-19 is far from behind us, as countries across the world continue to fight the pandemic and attempt to counter the negative impact it has had on economies....more

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DOL Releases Additional Paid Leave Guidance Regarding Closures, Furloughs, and Reduced Hours

On March 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division released an updated set of “Questions and Answers” (Q&As) that provide additional guidance concerning the impact of workplace closures and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 4.3.2020 | Top Story: The U.S. Jobs Report Will Be Ugly . . . .

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The U.S. Jobs Report Will Be Ugly: The March jobs report will likely show the worst numbers in the “post-World War II era,” and “it is playing out in a matter of weeks,” not years. One study suggests the U.S. has lost 27.9...more

Brooks Pierce

Department of Labor Answers Critical Questions About New Leave Laws Due to COVID-19 Crisis

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March 26, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued additional guidance on how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will be applied, the latest in a string of expected clarifications leading up to the April 1...more

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DOL Provides Additional Critical Guidance on the Federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act

*** Last updated March 28, 2020 *** The recently-passed Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides paid sick leave and emergency family leave, has raised many questions for employers. The US Department...more

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DOL Issues Clarification on the Interplay Between Emergency Paid Leave, Shelter in Place Orders, Worksite Closures, and Furloughed...

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UPDATED- April 1, 2020 - The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released guidance addressing two key questions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the Act” or “the FFCRA”): whether employees who have been...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 3.31.2020 | Top Story: US retail giants furlough hundreds of thousands of workers as locations remain closed

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Macy’s announced on Monday that it will furlough most of its nearly 130,000 workers (at its Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Bluemercury retail locations) starting this week as its stores remained shuttered due to the pandemic....more

World Law Group

[Webinar] COVID-19: What Are the Implications for Employers and Their Employees? - April 2nd, 9:00 am ET

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We invite you to join us for a webinar "COVID-19 What Are the Implications for Employers and Their Employees?" Our panelists from around the globe will discuss the following issues: - A Balancing Act: Managing the Rights...more

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DOL Publishes Additional FAQs, Making Clear That Employees On Furlough Or Layoff Are Not Eligible For FFCRA Paid Sick Leave Or...

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The Department of Labor issued additional FAQs on Thursday March 26. They now offer 37 FAQs on how the paid sick leave and expanded FMLA leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act will apply. The leave...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Sweeping Amendment To The New Jersey WARN Act Takes Effect In July

As part of a flurry of employment-related laws enacted over the past two years in New Jersey, a recent amendment to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (commonly known as the New Jersey WARN Act)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Nuts And Bolts Of Furloughs, Layoffs, And Plant Closings In The Age Of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Stay-At-Home Orders: The WARN Act...

The last week brought a wave of unprecedented government orders for non-essential businesses to close and people to stay at home. These orders have forced many employers to lay off or furlough large portions of their...more

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