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2024 Mid-year Employment Law Updates

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Many state and local government employment laws go into effect this summer. Here is a non-exhaustive list of mid-year employment law updates. ...more

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Get Ready California Employers! A Wave Of New Employment Laws Set To Kick In Next Year.

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Another New Year means another flurry of new laws for California employers. Indeed, Governor Newsom had another busy October, signing over a dozen employee-friendly bills touching everything from cannabis use to workplace...more

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Here Are the Top 10 New Laws Coming Soon to California Workplaces and 5 Key Bills the Governor Surprisingly Vetoed

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California employers know that the new year inevitably brings new workplace laws that are finalized at the end of the state’s legislative session in the fall. This year, state lawmakers considered over 2,700 bills – the most...more

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California Concludes It’s Been Too Hard On Employers (Nah, Just Kidding!)—A New Raft Of “Job-Killer” Bills Is Heading This Way!

Spring in California can only mean one thing, and no, it’s not Coachella, Dodgers games or even the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano—it’s the annual release of the California Chamber of Commerce’s list of “Job...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 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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Virginia Enacts New Paid Sick Leave Law for Home Health Workers

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Given the current political trifecta (where democrats control both houses of the state legislature and the governorship), paid sick leave proponents had high hopes that Virginia would follow other states’ lead and pass...more

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COVID-19 Sick Leave Litigation Disproportionately Impacts Healthcare Employers: How to Avoid Becoming Another Statistic

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As the weather warms amid the dawning of a new chapter in our country, national vaccine distribution is underway (albeit admittedly haphazard) and the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter in 2021. As the virus...more

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December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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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Amid Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations: Reminder to Health Care Employers on FFCRA’s Exclusion for “Health Care Providers”

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As COVID-19 cases across the country begin to surge, COVID-19-related hospitalizations are also on the rise. This increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations likely will have a number of practical implications for the...more

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September 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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 California COVID-19 Employment Laws Require Attention

- California has implemented a broad supplemental sick leave law requiring employers with 500 or more employees (and health care employers with fewer than 500 employees) to provide their California workers with up to 80 hours...more

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DOL Issues Another Round of Guidance on FFCRA

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On September 11, in response to a New York federal district court striking down some of the Department of Labor (DOL) regulations regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the DOL issued guidance...more

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DOL Revises Rules Governing FFCRA COVID-19 Related Leave

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On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations and updates regarding the implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The new rule was issued in response to a...more

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New FFCRA Rule Published September 16, 2020

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a new temporary rule (“New Rule”) today, September 16, 2020, revising and clarifying its previous April 1, 2020 temporary rule (“Prior Rule”) concerning the Families First Coronavirus...more

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Labor Department Revises COVID-19 Leave Regulations, Broadening Coverage For Healthcare Workers And Clarifying Other Employer...

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Employers of healthcare providers will soon be required to provide paid sick leave and partially paid family leave to a broader category of employees, and all employers subject to the law now have clarification on a number of...more

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Was the Health Care Provider Exception in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Just Struck Down?

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New York District Court - On August 3, 2020 a district court judge for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion striking down certain portions of the Department of Labor’s Final Rule interpreting the Families...more

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Federal Judge Vacates Portions of DOL’s FFCRA Regulations

On Monday, August 3, 2020, U.S District Judge J. Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York issued a Decision and Order striking down portions of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations implementing the Families...more

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Federal court vacates portions of DOL’s FFCRA Regulations

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On August 3, 2020, in an action brought by the State of New York (New York) against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), a court in the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to New York and vacated four...more

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New York Agencies Issue Guidance on COVID-19 Sick Leave for Health Care Workers

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On June 25, 2020, the New York Department of Health (NY DOH) and the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) issued new guidance, titled New York State Department of Health and New York State Department of Labor Guidance on Use...more

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NY Agencies Issue Joint Guidance on COVID-19 Paid Leave for Health Care Workers

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On May 17, 2020, the New York Department of Health (NY DOH) and the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) issued joint Guidance pertaining to an employer’s obligation under the New York State COVID-19 Sick Leave Law (“the...more

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New Guidance for Health Care Employees Regarding New York’s COVID-19 Sick Leave

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As explained in our earlier legal alert, New York State enacted legislation in March 2020 authorizing sick leave for all employees subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New York City Department of Health Issues Standing Isolation Order for Purposes of New York State Emergency Sick Leave Law

The New York City Department of Health has issued a standing Order that creates a process for those who live or work in the City to receive the documentation needed to claim leave in certain circumstances under the New York...more

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Additional FAQs Regarding Employer Compliance and COVID-19

On April 23, 2020, Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys Brette Bensinger, Maryjo Pirages Reynolds, and Leigh Bonsall presented a webinar titled "Employer compliance and COVID-19: Paid sick Leave, Furloughs and Layoffs."...more

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First Responders and Front-Line Health Care Workers in Arkansas Now Eligible for Workers Compensation for COVID-19 Contracted in...

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson issued Executive Order 20-19 on April 14, 2020, temporarily expanding workers compensation for certain healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19. This provides financial relief to certain...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Summary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s FFCRA Regulations

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released its 124-page temporary regulations of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”).  Below we summarize the key takeaways from those regulations....more

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