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EEOC files first COVID-19-related suit after employer rejects remote work request

Along with a new wave of post-COVID-19 litigation surfacing across the country, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed its first lawsuit against an employer for allegedly failing to accommodate and...

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Failure to ask for accommodations halts failure-to-accommodate claims

An Ohio federal court ruled a commercial truck driver wasn’t denied a reasonable accommodation when vision issues prevented him from driving a tractor trailer for several months. Facts Linmore Investments, Inc. (LMI) is...

GINA offers no toehold for employees hoping to avoid COVID-19 shots, testing

Employees are trying to find creative ways to avoid COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, for example, by alleging their privacy rights are being violated under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Read on...

Biden's COVID-19 action plan toggles between hard, soft vaccine mandates

President Joe Biden's new COVID-19 action plan is using his regulatory powers to try to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans, estimated to be more than 80 million people. The plan includes both "hard" mandates for...

Requiring doctor's note for employee absences

Q An employee has missed work several times to attend doctor's appointments and has discussed certain health issues. At what point can we require a doctor's note to continue to work? It depends on the type of leave the...

White House issues new COVID vaccine rules for federal contractors, subcontractors

On September 24, 2021, the White House’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force released new guidance on COVID-19 workplace safety protocols for federal contractors and subcontractors. The guidance accords with President Joe...

Biden takes three-pronged approach to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates

The Biden administration, as well as employers, have repeatedly tried to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rates among employees and the U.S. population in general. Many employers initially avoided mandating the shots...

Federal contractors, subcontractors must vaccinate workers by December 8

The White House’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force recently released new vaccination guidance for federal contractors and subcontractors. Under the guidelines, employees of federal contractors (and subcontractors) must...

Biden’s COVID-19 action plan toggles between hard, soft vaccine mandates

President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 action plan is using his regulatory powers to try to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans, estimated to be more than 80 million people. The plan includes both “hard” mandates for...

Hackers bribing employees, vendors to deploy ransomware

With ransomware attacks up by more than 150% in the first half of 2021, there seems to be no limit to the methods criminal hackers will use to deploy ransomware or otherwise cause cyber mayhem. Their latest trick: hiring...

Timing matters: Employee fired during FMLA leave for months-old problems

Though the following case is still in its infancy, it tees up several common concerns in employment litigation. A new supervisor arrives on the scene and starts pointing out performance problems for the first time...

Some ideas for performance evaluations as the pandemic continues

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt many facets of employment, including how managers and employees communicate about performance. Like last year, employers are struggling to decide how to assess employee...

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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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