Joining the EEOC, which issued guidance on covid-related retaliation last December, the Department of Labor has now issued its own guidance on retaliation. It traverses...
Even today, more than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and COVID-19 vaccinations became readily available, a single employee with a coronavirus infection can...
Work used to be something you got paid to do and the place where you did it. That changed almost two years ago to the day. Maybe, according to the Centers for Disease...
Final regulations issued Nov. 24, 2021, raised the minimum wage for non-exempt employees working for federal contractors to $15, from $11.25, effective for new and...
Your employee, Joe, has always been a great worker. He shows up on time, does his job well, and is generally liked by coworkers and customers. However, lately...
You can use it to get into baseball stadiums and to get through security lines at some airports. What is it? Biometrics. A company takes a photo of your eyes and a...
You may consider yourself an open-minded and accepting individual, but some of your customers may have different views when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues and human...
Although it makes for a good political headline, nothing is free.
Group health plans are required to cover the cost of over-the-counter covid test kits, up to eight...
It’s a new year with new rules. New laws and court rulings have changed the already complicated Human Resource landscape for California employers. Recent...
Most of OSHA’s covid vaccinate-or-test-and-mask mandate is officially dead. Nevertheless, OSHA is still encouraging employers to institute their own shot mandates. And...
In response to the Supreme Court’s smackdown of the mandate for private employers, OSHA has now withdrawn a portion of it. However, the story doesn’t necessarily...
Not even a week has passed since the Supreme Court heard arguments on OSHA’s vaccine mandate. The court considered two mandates—one for private employers with 100+...
Last week it snowed hard in the Mid-Atlantic region, notably south of Washington, D.C., where Politico reported Sen. Tim Kaine (D.–Va.) was stuck in his car on I-95...
OSHA’s vaccine mandate continues to cause stress and frustration for employers, employees, and many more. Recently, packs of lawyers have begun descending on the...
Marijuana or cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Marijuana is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Drugs on Schedule I have no...
Human resource departments have extensive record-keeping obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the...
While the fate of the federal government’s OSHA mandate remains in question as it sits in the 6th Circuit Court, employers are left wondering what to do next....
We’re not finished with OSHA’s vaccine mandate standard simply because the 5th Circuit slapped a stay on it. The 6th Circuit Court, which has been chosen to hear the...
OSHA’s new COVID Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) have sent businesses into a scramble trying to adjust and prepare for the deadlines, though recent court cases...
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard — a/k/a/ the vaccine mandate — hit the Office of the Federal Register. Employers have been waiting with anticipation and the...
