It was sort of inevitable: Employees who are returning to work are suing their employers for a variety of perceived missteps. While the Department of Labor has been...
Employers will have to make physical accommodations, determine whether to extend telecommuting arrangements and address COVID-related mental health issues.
As businesses around the country weigh the pros and cons of reopening, one question looms large: Could employers be held liable if employees contract COVID-19 while...
In general, the EEOC says the ADA does not prevent employers from complying with coronavirus safety measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.
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.
Congress wrote the Families First Coronarvirus Response Law and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act in a hurry. Now the Department of Labor and the...
If you’ve sent employees home to work and some of those employees are nonexempt, you have a problem—tracking their work hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act....
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...
