According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some individuals who were infected with the COVID-19 virus, even if their cases were asymptomatic, report experiencing a wide range of symptoms weeks or...
Employment Law Letter
Those of you who have watched the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—the nation’s primary enforcer of labor law—over the years no doubt expect it to reshuffle its priorities when the White House changes parties. The...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people have caught (or know others who have contracted) the virus. Most who recover from the infection do so within a couple weeks or shortly thereafter. For some, however, the...
Citing the employer's zero-tolerance "no-call, no-show" policy, an Ohio federal district court recently upheld the termination of an employee who had just returned from a leave of absence under the Family and Medical...
Q In interviews with prospective employees, can we ask about their COVID-19 vaccination status? Generally speaking, you can ask prospective employees about their vaccination status when interviewing them, but there are...
The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), effective January 1, 2021, has given Colorado employers significant heartburn regarding its job posting and promotional opportunity notification requirements. The Colorado...
Employers are often served with state or federal subpoenas, formally known as a Subpoena Duces Tecum, that demand the production of documents that relate to their employees or demand an employer representative appear to...
Q What are employers allowed to do with forfeited, unused employee flexible spending account (FSA) dollars? A The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) generally provides employers with a few options for forfeited balances...
Two weeks before an employee went on leave for COVID-19-related reasons, her employer made the decision to terminate her. She later sued the company for retaliation under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA). But...
My law firm colleagues and I were recently discussing our workplace predictions for the future, and one of the trends we considered was the potential shift to more flexible schedules, including a four-day workweek. Turns...
In a worldwide pandemic, the impact is universal. Lives are lost; families are shattered; governments topple; economies lay in ruins. But on a less cosmic level and one that focuses on the concerns of the readers of...
On September 20, 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Texas and its agencies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the Equal Employment...
President Joe Biden announced on September 9, 2021, his six-pronged comprehensive national strategy—Path out of the Pandemic: President Biden's Covid-19 Action Plan (https://bit.ly/3AA7UpR). The six prongs are (1)...
Federal contractors will be required to file annual verifications on compliance with the federal contractor affirmative action program obligations that are enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal...
On September 2, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notice (https://bit.ly/3CCFbl2) announcing it intends to analyze the EEO-1 Component 2 compensation data submitted by employers in...