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Surprise! What larger California employers should know about OSHA’s vax-or-testing rules

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently released a COVID–19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated against...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Court affirms overtime judgment based on estimates and rough calculations

There is an old story about a criminal defendant who shoots his parents and then pleads for mercy from the court because he is an orphan. It didn’t work. In wage and hour litigation, however, a lack of accurate payroll...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

California passes law to combat service animal fraud

On September 16, 2001, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 468, which will impose various requirements designed to curb emotional support animal fraud. The law takes effect January 1, 2022...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Denying employee's remote-work accommodation spurs EEOC lawsuit

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...

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Remote work, hybrid schedules complicate payments for commute time

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...

How pandemic, political shifts have affected Affordable Care Act

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...

Ministerial exemption blocks even hostile environment claims

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...

Crash landing for aviation worker's retaliation claim

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...

WI Supreme Court affirms workers' comp exclusive remedy provision

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...

Rare FAA exception invalidates arbitration provision

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 - A: Asking prospective emplyees about COVID-19 vaccination status

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...

Full 7th Circuit holds ministerial exemption blocks even hostile environment claims

Questions employers are asking about Biden plan to vaccinate the unvaccinated

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...

OSHA sends ETS to White House for approval

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...

OFCCP expected to issue guidance on AAP-VI soon

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...

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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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