Anniken Davenport is a noted employment law attorney and the editor of The HR Specialist state employment law newsletter series. She has authored several books, including Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook and The Employer's Practical Legal Guide. Anniken has served as a professor at Penn State University, where she taught business law and HR management, and she directed the Legal Studies Program at Wilson College. Her legal career includes representing government units in discrimination and other employment law cases and representing school districts in labor negotiations.
Employers will have to make physical accommodations, determine whether to extend telecommuting arrangements and address COVID-related mental health issues.
Accommodating essential staff during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge. Employers must follow federal guidance from the CDC and OSHA, as well as monitor state...
Employers have several options including telecommuting, flexible scheduling, and intermittent FMLA. The FFCRA provides emergency paid sick leave options.
Employers large enough to be covered by federal or state WARN Acts that believe layoffs or closing will be longer than six months need to send notices.
Despite pronouncements by politicians seeking to reassure an increasingly nervous public, getting workers’ compensation coverage for COVID-19, the illness caused by...
Here’s what you need to know about what you can say and do under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other laws protecting privacy.
As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Congress expanded the reasons for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and, for the...
Having employees suddenly work from home can mean real vulnerability for your trade secrets and other invaluable information. Here’s how to address those concerns.
Employees affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible for paid sick leave and many will be able to take paid FMLA leave under new legislation.
Coronavirus paid leave may soon be available to workers affected by COVID-19. Congress is set to amend the FMLA to provide limited emergency paid leave. Employers may...
