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Order bans retaliation against Michigan employees during COVID-19 pandemic

Michigan employers must proceed with caution before disciplining an employee for refusing to work during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order (EO) 2020-36. What governor’s EO...

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Michigan opens retail, bars, and restaurants in the Upper Peninsula and Traverse City

Bars, restaurants, and retailers have been tremendously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government-mandated limits. On Monday, May 18, however, Michigan took its first major step towards reopening when...

MI extends expanded jobless benefits, relaxes work-share program eligibility rules

Unemployment benefits previously expanded by Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-24 (EO 24) were set to expire recently. Just before that happened, however, she issued EO 2020-57, which rescinds EO 24 and...

Governor Whitmer partially lifts stay-at-home order

After 10 weeks of a statewide lockdown, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Executive Order (EO) 2020-110, partially lifting Michigan’s coronavirus stay-at-home order. What is opening Under the new EO, which expressly...

Guidance on when to report COVID-19 infections in OSHA 300 log

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires most employers to keep an OSHA 300 log and complete an OSHA Form 301 when an employee suffers a “work-related” recordable illness or injury. You must then...

Can MA employers fire employee who rejects offer to return to work?

Businesses have slowly been getting the green light to reopen in Massachusetts. While COVID-19 has presented a number of unprecedented challenges for employers in the state, calling furloughed or laid-off employees back...

Jun 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Massachusetts

Recent decisions clarify 'constructive discharge' in Connecticut

Two recent decisions clarify when employees have been "constructively discharged" and can sue for wrongful "termination" even though the employer never fired them—they instead resigned or retired. Both the federal and...

Preparing for summer with kids at home: FFCRA and unemployment options

Many of us have worked from home over the past few months, some with kids in tow. With the school year coming to an end, COVID-19 may thwart plans to send the kids off to summer camp or day camp. Parents who find...

Conducting background checks before employment offer has been accepted

Q If we’ve made a job offer but the prospective employee hasn’t accepted it yet, do we have to wait to conduct a background check? A The short answer is “probably not.” It’s actually quite common to conduct the...

EEOC puts off EEO-1 surveys until 2021

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...

Bridge over troubled water: Commercial diver with cancer can take ADA claim to trial

A federal district court in New Orleans found a jury must decide if a commercial diver was discriminated against after being terminated for chemotherapy and cancer treatments based on Association of Diving Contractors...

Sometimes once is enough: Sexual harassment, retaliation claims head to jury

A federal court in Louisiana is sending sexual harassment and retaliation claims by a motel guest services representative to a jury. A big factor in the court’s decision was how her employer handled the complaint and the...

Employer's informal Google search didn't create race bias claim

An employer's informal background check on a new hire via Google didn't support a race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers North...

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CBA preempts Muslim flight attendant's religious bias claim, 6th Circuit confirms

An airline flight attendant said her Muslim beliefs prevented her from serving alcohol, but she can't sue the company for requiring her to sell booze on its planes because her claim fell under a collective bargaining...

Pandemic sparks unexpected question: What if workers unwilling to return?

Restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic are beginning to ease in many parts of the country, and employers are starting to call back the millions of workers who joined the ranks of the unemployed a few...