Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
January 17, 2023
Via: JD SupraWith the onset of the COVID-19 XBB.1.5 variant, more employees are in need of time off from work this winter to recover from unfortunate illness. Below is a quick update for employers on the current state of COVID-19 paid leave […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
January 12, 2023
Via: JD SupraOn December 15, 2022, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted the COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation, which would replace the current emergency temporary standards (ETS) that were set to expire on December 31, 2022. The new COVID-19 prevention […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
December 19, 2022
Via: JD SupraNew COVID-19 prevention regulations for California workplaces will become effective no later than January 14, 2023. The new COVID-19 Non-Emergency Prevention Standards contain significant changes as compared to the current Emergency Temporary Standards, some of which will ease the burden […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
November 22, 2022
Via: JD SupraIn addition to AB 152 extending COVID-19 leave through December 31, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom has also signed into law two other COVID-related bills—AB 1751 and AB2693—affecting employers’ policies regarding employees who contract COVID-19. AB 1751 has extended current law […]
Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor
November 11, 2022
Via: LexBlogIn September 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal in Pavlov v. The New Zealand and Australian Lamb Company Limited (“Pavlov“) confirmed that an employer may be liable for a longer notice period, even for a short-term employee, based on prevailing […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
October 21, 2022
Via: EntrepreneurMany people lost a loved one in the past two years due to Covid-19. Employees, communities, companies, organizations and institutions faced severe losses in the workforce and will never be the same as we were before 2020. Despite this, many […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
September 22, 2022
Via: SHRMOn Sept. 14, the New York State Department of Health updated its COVID-19 quarantine and isolation webpage to remove earlier written COVID-19 guidance and tables dated May 31. The webpage now states that New York is following the Aug. 24 […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
September 7, 2022
Via: SHRMA collection of nurses unions asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to order the U.S. Department of Labor to make permanent the agency’s emergency temporary standard for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor
August 16, 2022
Via: SHRMCOVID-19 was not a natural disaster under the WARN Act and thus the natural disaster exemption from the law’s notice requirements did not apply to an employer that said a layoff was due to a downturn caused by unexpected adverse […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
August 10, 2022
Via: SHRMOn Sept. 15, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will continue the long and arduous journey to establish COVID-19 safety measures in the workplace. Since the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) initial emergency temporary standards […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
August 4, 2022
Via: JD SupraWith COVID-19 cases again on the rise thanks to the BA.5 subvariant, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued new guidance that, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, places some restrictions on an employer’s unlimited […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
July 14, 2022
Via: LexBlogOn July 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) – the agency which investigates and enforces federal antidiscrimination laws in the workplace – updated its guidance across several different areas relating to COVID-19 and the workplace, including when employees […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
June 28, 2022
Via: SHRMAn employee with mild COVID-19 who was fired after she came to work while she was feeling ill, in violation of company rules, could not go forward with her lawsuit under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), a federal […]
Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor
June 9, 2022
Via: JD SupraMinnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law last month providing bonus pay for eligible COVID-19 frontline workers. Although the State is administering the program, which opens June 8, 2022, the Frontline Worker Pay law requires that employers in […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
June 2, 2022
Via: JD SupraHas vaccination been made mandatory in your jurisdiction? Yes, for specific categories of people. In particular, mandatory vaccinations have been introduced for people over the age of 50, school/university staff, medical staff, and personnel in the defense and security sector. […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
May 26, 2022
Via: JD SupraIn Michelle Roman v. Hertz Local Edition Corp., a United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Hertz, and against former employee Michelle Roman, whose employment was terminated after she contracted […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
May 24, 2022
Via: National Law ReviewWith more employees returning to the office and physical workplaces as pandemic restrictions are eased and with an increasingly competitive labor market, it is especially important that employers be vigilant in responding to the mental health needs of their employees. […]
Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor
May 12, 2022
Via: JD SupraOver the weekend, Cal/OSHA updated its Frequently Asked Questions and Fact Sheets to provide guidance for employers on the recently revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). The COVID-19 ETS applies to all places of employment with limited exceptions: for those […]
May 3, 2022
Via: National Law ReviewOn April 14, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its post-arrival recommendations. Almost everyone (unless specifically exempted) who is at least 2 years old must have a negative COVID-19 test (tests include an antigen test or a nucleic […]
Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor
April 28, 2022
Via: SHRMThe California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently approved the third readoption of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to take effect on May 7. This ETS will be in effect until Dec. 31, as the final update […]