Update and Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
Updates to New York Quarantine Rules and Their Impact on COVID-19 Paid Leave - Complimentary Webinar
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Considers Federal Vaccine Mandates, CDC Shortens Quarantine Periods, Definition of "Fully Vaccinated" - Employment Law This Week®
Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
Update and Discussion on Practical and Legal Issues - NYS Paid Sick Leave, NYC Employment Law Update, New Whistleblower Law, COVID19
Let's Talk Child Custody and Quarantines
#WorkforceWednesday: CDC Permits Shortened Quarantine Periods, CAL/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations, NY Amends WARN Act - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: NY Travel Advisory Changes, CA’s COVID-19 Exposure Notice, Executive Order Reversals - Employment Law This Week®
The Holiday Workplace During COVID-19 with Sarah Mitchell Montgomery and Brad Nitschke
COVID-19: New York Travel Guidance, Related Disability FAQs, Reopening/Operating Procedures, School District Update
#WorkforceWednesday: CDC Broadens “Close Contact” Guidance, Pandemic’s Impact on Women and Caregivers, Twitter’s Cautionary Cybersecurity Tale - Employment Law This Week®
Updates to Paid Leave Requirements Under FFCRA
#WorkforceWednesday: CDC Reversals, New FMLA Forms, Tracking Unscheduled Work - Employment Law This Week®
COVID-19 Considerations for Employee Vacation Time - Employment Law This Week®
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 7: Joe Mittag, OMF Otto Mittag & Partner | Frankfurt, Germany
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Pandemic, Election Rules Challenged, EEOC Limits GC’s Authority - Employment Law This Week®
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York State has updated its COVID-19 guidance by adopting the CDC recommendation that quarantining for mere exposure to someone with COVID-19 is no longer necessary....more
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On June 23, 2021, Senate Bill 22 went into effect in Ohio, and as schools resume instruction across the state, staff and families alike have been wrangling with its impact on quarantining and isolation procedures. Health...more
On May 28, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed Bill H.3702 into law, legislation that provides employees with emergency paid sick leave, capped at 40 hours a week or $850, for certain reasons related to COVID-19. This legislation...more
On May 5, 2021, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal OSHA) updated its COVID-19 FAQ to provide guidance on California employers’ obligation to exclude employees who are fully vaccinated when exposed to a...more
We reported earlier this year that Michigan employers were permitted to reduce the requisite quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days for employees who experienced close contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19 based upon...more
On April 1, 2021 the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) officially updated its Interim Guidance for Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in New York State to remove the quarantine requirement for domestic...more
Governor Newsom has signed Senate Bill 95, which resurrects the statewide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave that expired at the end of 2020. The bill takes effect immediately but provides a 10-day grace period for...more
On March 12, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed legislation (S2588A/A3354B) granting public and private employees paid leave in order to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The new law, which went into effect immediately, gives employees up to...more
On March 10, 2021, the Department of Health updated quarantine protocols for people exposed to COVID-19 (the Quarantine Protocols). You may find the Quarantine Protocols here. The Quarantine Protocols do not reflect the most...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As COVID-19 cases continue to fall in New York State, Governor Cuomo has announced that starting April 1, 2021, domestic travelers will no longer be required to quarantine after arriving in New York from a...more
On March 11, 2021, New York announced that quarantine would no longer be required for any domestic travel entering the state as of April 1, 2021. This is a very surprising development, especially given that the state updated...more
On January 20, 2021 – nearly a year after the law’s effective date – the New York Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued new guidance (the “Guidance”) for employers regarding the scope of available sick leave for employees...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, New York State enacted a law providing sick leave and job-related protections for employees subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to...more
On January 20, 2021, approximately 10 months after the state of New York enacted the NY COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law, the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) issued new guidance that seeks to clarify the benefits available...more
On Friday, January 8th, Cal/OSHA published an updated FAQ providing further clarification on its Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Cal/OSHA added several more questions and answers which attempt to explain some of the...more
Effective beginning December 31, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health published a Mandatory Directive on Travel (Appendix W) and issued a Revised Temporary Order, both of which require a mandatory...more
On December 16, 2020, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued Order of the Health Officer No. C19-17 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases that the department said could quickly “overwhelm hospitals” in the...more
After much confusion sparked by a press release from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health earlier this week, LACDPH just issued its second Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order in less...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. On December 18, 2020, San Francisco imposed a 10-day mandatory quarantine on most people traveling or returning to the city for more than 24 hours. The order does not apply to travel within the larger Bay...more
On December 14, 2020, the California Department of Health (CDPH) issued guidance shortening the quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days for asymptomatic “close contacts” of an infected individual (those who were within six...more
California retailers facing a variety of complications from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic now have one additional obstacle to tackle: compliance with new emergency standards from California’s Division of Occupational Safety...more
On November 16, 2020, California implemented an accelerated application of its Blueprint for a Safer Economy metrics. Under the Blueprint Framework, every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its test...more
Late last week, in an effort to control the increase of COVID-19 cases and stabilize the overwhelming hospital systems, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new Regional Stay At Home Order (December Order) based on...more
On Dec. 2, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance to local health departments regarding their options and choices for shortening the length of quarantine after a person is exposed...more