Incredibly, COVID-19 has now affected a third school year. Working parents were previously able to rely on the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to take leave in the event of school closures and/or...
Employment Law Letter
An Ohio state appellate court recently held a home health aide who fell and was injured while leaving her client’s home—although she had left her usual path of exiting the premises and walked toward the side of the house...
All of our upper Midwest states ranked at the top of a recent WalletHub study listing “2021's Hardest-Working States in America.” Top-20 finishers included North Dakota (ranked no. 2), Nebraska (3), South Dakota (4)...
A North Carolina court recently held an employer wasn’t liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal antidiscrimination law, for failing to investigate an employee’s discrimination complaint. The...
On September 9, 2021, President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Order mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all federal workers and won’t allow a testing-out option for those who refuse. They will have 75 days to get the...
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the state health commissioner had formally designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the...
The COVID-19 pandemic foisted paid leave into the public conversation. Federal programs such as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) mandated periods of paid leave (short and long) for qualifying employees...
HR pros wear many hats. Since March 2020, they have been at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to their many other tasks, they have needed to coordinate furloughs and layoffs, stay up to date with the...
A female employee wasn’t discriminated against for receiving less compensation than her male coworkers when she voluntarily chose to complete tasks that weren’t required of her, according to the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of...
Q We have accommodated an employee’s workers’ compensation restrictions for a year and just learned he has a permanent 20 percent loss of use that prevents him from lifting, which is an essential job function. Can we let...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently updated its recommendations for the actions you should take to keep your workplaces safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, OSHA...
If you are found to have discriminated against, harassed, or retaliated against an employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, you may be liable for back pay (the difference between what an...
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...
The Iowa Supreme Court recently provided needed clarity in what it described as the "murky" intersection between workers' compensation and disability discrimination claims. Facts Ronald Rumsey, who has a preexisting...
In 2017, news broke that several Massachusetts State Police officers had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay for work they never actually performed. Since then, several have faced criminal charges...