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Over the past several weeks, employees have filed a number of class action claims in California alleging that their employers failed to pay expenses associated with their home working arrangements, in violation of state law....more
The UK Home Office has announced that right-to-rent and right-to-work checks for biometric residence card, biometric residence permit, and frontier worker permit holders are changing effective April 6, 2022. In addition, the...more
1. HOMEOFFICE UND INFEKTIONSSCHUTZGESETZ - Seit dem 24. November 2021 gilt das geänderte Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG). Zunächst befristet bis zum 19. März 2022 gilt nunmehr gem. § 26b Abs. 4 IfSG auch wieder die Pflicht...more
Due to rapidly increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, an amendment of the German Infection Protection Act (the Act) was passed last week. The amendments will enter into force on 24 November 2021. The...more
On November 5, 2021, in response to a rise in work from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese parliament passed a law that prohibits employers from contacting employees outside of work hours. Employers who...more
Das Gesetz zur Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes und weiterer Gesetze (also das, was nach Vorstellung der angehenden Ampel-Koalition anstatt der Feststellung der epidemischen Lage nationaler Tragweite durch den Bundestag...more
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many organizations quickly transitioned to a work from home environment in an effort to keep their employees safe. Nobody knew how long we would be functioning in this new “normal,” but some...more
Like most of you, 2021 has been sort of surreal. After more than a year of some hybrid form of working from home with your “pod” of people (family, friends, or some combination thereof), where our collective 24/7 life cycle...more
As the world navigates work-from-home opportunities in the post-COVID era, health care companies are considering their options too. This article provides a practical look into workers’ compensation and OSHA considerations so...more
The UK Home Office has announced that the temporary COVID-19 adjusted right-to-work checks have been extended to 5 April 2022 following the positive feedback on remote checks. ...more
Die Corona-Pandemie sorgte erstmals für eine flächendeckende Nutzung des Homeoffice in Deutschland. Viele Unternehmen und Mitarbeitende machten so zum ersten Mal Erfahrungen mit mobiler Arbeit. Mit der zuletzt neu...more
Nachdem die Covid-19-Pandemie seit etwa einem Jahr dazu führt, dass mehr und mehr Unternehmen den Arbeitsplatz ihrer Mitarbeiter ins Home Office verlagern bzw. Mobile Work einführen, schreiben mittlerweile auch die geltenden...more
WAS GILT ES ZU BEACHTEN? 1. DIE AUSGANGSLAGE – DIE CORONA-PANDEMIE ALS ANLASS FÜR HOMEOFFICE-ARBEIT - Homeoffice und vor allem Mobile Office wurden schon vor der Corona-Pandemie von einigen Arbeitgebern ermöglicht,...more
On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more
We have now been back in a "hard lockdown" since mid-December 2020. Even when the so-called "lockdown lite" was decided, the German Chancellor and the heads of government of the German states called on companies to (re)enable...more
On 19 January 2021, the German Chancellor and Federal Prime Ministers passed a new resolution on further measures to combat the Corona pandemic. The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs implemented this resolution in...more
Last year, the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (the Ministry) introduced specific health and safety regulations in the light of the pandemic. Today, the Ministry issued the new SARS-CoV-2 Occupational...more
Mexico has reformed its Federal Labor Law to recognize teleworking, regulating employers' responsibilities to employees who work from home offices as well as remote workers' obligations to their employers. Key aspects of this...more
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently released a new, simplified process for deducting home office expenses for the 2020 tax year, which will require employers to be prepared to work with those employees seeking to take...more
L’Agence du revenu du Canada (l’« ARC ») a récemment publié des renseignements détaillés au sujet d’un nouveau processus simplifié pour la déduction des dépenses de bureau à domicile engagées en 2020. Pour des millions de...more
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently released comprehensive information on a new simplified process for deducting home office expenses for 2020. For millions of Canadians, this is the first year in which they are eligible...more
COVID-19 forced many companies to quickly jump into the realm of teleworking or to drastically expand existing programs. What policies should employers institute and enforce to discourage off-the-clock work? Do employers need...more
Strange news from these crazy times. At least one industry is booming during the pandemic. According to the Daily Mail (so it must be true!), the market for prefabricated "tiny offices" you can put in your back yard has...more
If you have been working from home since March-ish and are facing the possibility of continuing to work from home indefinitely, chances are you need to take a hard look at your home office setup. Assess what works and what...more