Employment Law Letter

Reviewing OSHA's guidance for employers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Over the last few months, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has provided guidance addressing workplace safety concerns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April alone, OSHA released...

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5 workplace policies to revise or add because of COVID-19

If you're like most businesses, you're eager to reopen or return to "normal" operations as soon as possible. But before you reopen your offices and businesses—and perhaps while you have some extra time on your hands—it's...

May 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Legal risks to weigh before making telework permanent

With Texas workplaces reopening for business, many employers are evaluating whether temporary telecommuting policies can work in the long term for some employees. There are many reasons telecommuting may be a desired...

May 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

EEO-1 survey put off until 2021, but don't toss your data

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced it won't require private-sector employers to submit EEO-1 data this year. But don't throw away your 2019 data Ordinarily...

May 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

500-day journey to the new normal at work

I hope all of you are safe and secure, wherever you are working or sheltering. With our persistent joint efforts and with all the help we can get, we will get through the coronavirus crisis. When will America's...

Safety tips to reopen business, get back to normal

Across the country, states are beginning to reopen from lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the shutdowns themselves, the reopenings will vary from state to state in terms of timing and scope. Regardless...

11th Circuit clarifies standard for retaliatory hostile work environment claims

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings cover employers in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama) has issued a decision clarifying the standard for determining when someone...

Wrestling with paid sick leave for both parents when schools close for pandemic

With schools closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, both parents in two-parent households may want to stay home while shelter-in-place orders are in effect. Will they be eligible for monetary relief and protection under new...

Virginia law targets worker misclassification

Companies’ misclassifying their employees as independent contractors continues to be a hot-button issue throughout the country, and Virginia is no exception. In the last year alone, legislation related to independent...

NJ expands employee leave entitlements for epidemic-related emergencies

On March 25, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S2304, amending the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law, the New Jersey Family Leave Act (FLA), and the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDL). The amendments...

NJ clarifies, further expands family leave and temporary disability benefits during epidemics

On April 14, Governor Phil Murphy signed S2374 into law, which further amends and clarifies the March 25 expansions to the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) and the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDL)...

‘High’ court ruling: Funeral director may sue over firing based on off-duty medical pot use

On March 10, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling that allowed an employee to sue his employer under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) for failing to...

Cybersecurity takes on even more importance during pandemic

As COVID spring turns to COVID summer, many employees are growing accustomed to working from home. Thank goodness the technology exists to work remotely, but it's not as simple as just making sure employees have access...

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California News in Brief

Newsom announces COVID-19 workers' comp. Governor Gavin Newsom announced in early May that workers who contract COVID-19 while on the job may be eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits. Newsom signed an order...

To avoid COVID-19 lawsuits, best practices are critical

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the country, many employers responded to the unprecedented and uncertain situation by furloughing and laying off some or all of their workers. The actions already have spurred...

May 25, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arkansas Stephen W. Jones of Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC, and Audra Hamilton and Nathan Read of Mitchell Williams
Kansas Boyd A. Byers, Teresa L. Shulda, and Tara Eberline of Foulston Siefkin LLP
Missouri Robert A. Kaiser, Jeremy Brenner, and Ida S. Shafaie of Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Oklahoma Charles S. Plumb, Courtney Bru, Paul Ross, Philip Bruce, and Jacob Crawford of McAfee & Taft

Delaware Lauren Russell of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Maryland Steven E. Bers and David M. Stevens of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
New Jersey John C. Petrella and Dina M. Mastellone of Genova Burns LLC
Pennsylvania Dena Calo, Lisa Koblin, Carolyn Pellegrini, and Zachary Kimmel of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Virginia Jonathan Mook and Bernard J. DiMuro of DiMuroGinsberg PC

Illinois Steven L. Brenneman and Kelly Smith-Haley of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Indiana Brian R. Garrison of Faegre Drinker
Michigan Gary S. Fealk and John T. Below of Bodman PLC
Ohio Fred G. Pressley, Jr., Jourdan D. Day, and John M. Stephen of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Wisconsin Saul Glazer, Troy D. Thompson, Michael J. Westcott, Leslie A. Sammon, and Heath Straka of Axley Brynelson LLP

Kentucky Richard S. Cleary, John T. Lovett, Robert D. Hudson, and Kathleen Biggs Wright of Frost Brown Todd LLC
North Carolina Richard L. Rainey of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
South Carolina Richard J. Morgan, James K. Gilliam, Jonathan C. Eggert, and Chandler E. Aragona of Burr & Forman LLP
Tennessee Kara E. Shea and David Johnson of Butler Snow LLP
West Virginia Larry J. Rector and Allison B. Williams of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Alabama Albert L. Vreeland and David J. Middlebrooks of Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C.
Florida G. Thomas Harper of The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC, Lisa Berg and Andrew Rodman of Stearns Weaver Miller, and Robert J. Sniffen and Jeff Slanker of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
Georgia Raanon Gal of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Glianny Fagundo of Thompson Hine LLP and Chris Butler of the Chris Butler Firm
Louisiana H. Mark Adams and Jennifer Kogos of Jones Walker LLP
Mississippi Martin J. Regimbal of The Kullman Firm

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