Employers with more than 100 employees have begun scrambling to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing. To learn more...
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After an employee requested remote work as an accommodation for her multiple physical ailments, the employer allegedly discriminated against and fired her. The action recently provoked the Equal Employment Opportunity...
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in countless hybrid and remote work situations, and employers continue to grapple with compensable vs. noncompensable time. A December 2020 opinion letter from the U.S. Department of...
Pandemic-related and political shifts regarding Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the part that prohibits employer discrimination, have occurred over the last few years. Read on to learn what you need to...
As we have reported with greater frequency in recent years, courts dealing with employment discrimination suits against churches, synagogues, and other religious organizations have carved out an exemption that bars...
Some employees mistakenly believe every complaint they make to their supervisor or HR constitutes protected activity under Title VII. As one former aviation employee recently learned, there are limits to what constitutes...
Workers' compensation serves as the "exclusive remedy" for employees claiming benefits arising out of a work injury (if there's no other nonemployee third party responsible for the injury). The Wisconsin Supreme Court...
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) enforces certain arbitration agreements involving federal law, including some employment disputes and claims against employers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...
Q In interviews with prospective employees, can an employer ask about their COVID-19 vaccination status? The short answer is a qualified yes. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits you from asking applicants...
As we have reported with greater frequency in recent years, courts dealing with employment discrimination suits against churches, synagogues, and other religious organizations have carved out an exemption that bars...
When President Joe Biden announced his COVID-19 action plan on September 9, he focused on six main components. Let’s take a closer look at the “vaccinate the unvaccinated” segment and its impact on employers. Fines of up...
In what is typically the last step in promulgating an emergency temporary standard (ETS), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently transmitted a new ETS on employers' COVID-19 vaccine and testing...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has indicated it will issue guidance to supply and service federal contractors on its Affirmative Action Program—Verification Initiative (AAP-VI), which was...
In a recently issued FAQ, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) clarified if and when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) Privacy Rule has a role in requesting or disclosing...
President Joe Biden's Executive Order (EO) 14042 requires federal contractor employees working on or in connection with a covered federal contract to be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021. According to EO 14042 and the...