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Retail and the Holiday Season: Top Four Areas of Employment Focus

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Retail workers are often the unsung heroes of the holiday shopping season. Stores are open longer and have bigger crowds, and customers are tenser than usual. To navigate the holiday season smoothly, retail employers should...more

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The Die Hard Survival Guide To This Year’s Office Holiday Party

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While you can debate all you want about whether 1988’s Die Hard is a Christmas movie (it is – don’t fight us on this point), you can’t disagree with the fact that the movie depicts one of the all-time most memorable office...more

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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation and Holiday Party Injuries

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Holiday party season is upon us! Work holiday parties, often outside of the office and outside of normal business hours, bring the joy of celebrating the holidays with co-workers and employees, but also bring risk – risk of...more

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It’s a Jolly Time of the Year: 5 Tips for Dealing with Construction Labor Issues During the Holidays

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It’s that time of year again – the holiday season is upon us, and for those in the construction industry, that can mean a few extra challenges when it comes to maintaining efficiency on the job site. Here are five best...more

Hogan Lovells

Employees united this holiday season

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As we enter the second holiday season of the pandemic, restaurants, stores, and hotels have had to rethink consumer health and safety, innovating to attract and retain customers. But they also have been forced to rethink...more

Saiber LLC

Navigating Holiday Parties During the COVID-19 Era

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The holiday season is upon us, and many organizations are preparing to hold their annual holiday party in the coming weeks. The CDC still advises that it is safest to “gather” virtually. It is the sole responsibility of...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

FAQs for Employers: Holiday Travel in the Time of COVID-19

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As the holidays approach, many businesses have employees who travel or attend large family gatherings. Employers who have reopened their doors to working in-person will face questions about how to safely return to work after...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Tips for Employers as COVID-19 Cases Rise and the Holidays Approach

The current surge of COVID-19 across the U.S., pandemic fatigue, and the upcoming holidays are putting employers in a difficult position. Some are already receiving complaints about workers not wearing masks nor taking other...more

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DeWine Issues New Public Health Orders

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On November 11, 2020, Governor DeWine held a press conference to announce additional public health orders to enhance requirements for mask-wearing and to issue a warning about restaurants, bars and fitness centers. DeWine...more

Jackson Walker

The Holiday Workplace During COVID-19 with Sarah Mitchell Montgomery and Brad Nitschke

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As we enter the winter season with COVID-19 infections at record highs, businesses are preparing for an unusual holiday workplace where typical travels and gatherings are hindered. With the Thanksgiving holiday just weeks...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

“Over The River And Through The Woods” In 2020? Travel During Thanksgiving, Quarantining, And Covid-19 Testing (And What...

As an attorney representing Connecticut educational institutions (and employers in general), I am receiving numerous calls from clients with respect to how to properly address the possibility that the upcoming Thanksgiving...more

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COVID-19: What has changed for employers since March?

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The short answer is that a lot has changed since March. Employers and HR professionals have had to grapple with perhaps the most sudden and unexpected changes to employment law seen for many years. Furlough, working from...more

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CDC Offers Tips to Have a Safe and Jolly Holiday Season

This year has been challenging for a number of reasons, not least of which is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the workplace. After months of isolation and remote operations, many employers and employees are eagerly...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Guidelines for Retailers on Holiday Shopping and Crowd Management Safety (Updated)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries....more

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OSHA Guidelines for Retailers on Holiday Shopping and Crowd Management Safety

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries....more

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Daddy’s Home 2 – fisticuffs in the workplace

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While the holiday season can be a time of great joy and celebration, it can also be a time of great stress. Indeed, the pressure of holiday preparations and spending an inordinate amount of time in close quarters with...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Could this be you? Don’t invite injuries to your holiday party

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It’s the time of year again when employers start planning year-end holiday parties. While most parties go off without a hitch, occasionally, unfortunate accidents do happen....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Retailer - Fall 2016

NEWS & ANALYSIS - Don’t let a “crowd crush” ruin the holiday retail season for your brick-and-mortar employees - As more consumers move to shopping online, retailers expect to lose some in-person traffic at stores...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Halloween Costumes in the Workplace: Fun Bonding or Scary Nightmare?

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Unless you run Disneyland or an establishment for exotic dancers, your workplace is probably not used to its employees wearing masks, fake blood or scanty suggestive outfits. Not only is your company not used to it, but it...more

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Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst: OSHA Enforcement Looms Over Black Friday

“Black Friday” is the day after Thanksgiving and considered by many to be the start of the holiday shopping season. In recent times, the term “Black Friday” has been associated with the concept that retailers’ shift from...more

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‘Tis the (Retail) Season, Part I: OSHA’s Tips for a Safe Black Friday

In advance of the holiday season, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding retail employers to take precautions to prevent workplace injuries during major sales events,...more

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