Employers are weighing whether to require or simply encourage employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes more readily available. Here are some pros and cons to consider. Make shots mandatory Employers may want...
Employment Law Letter
President Joe Biden recently signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The measure was passed on party-line votes in the Senate (50-49) and the House, where only one Democrat crossed over to oppose it. The...
Persons who recover from COVID-19 are believed to develop immunity from further infection for some as-yet undetermined amount of time. On February 12, the Alabama Legislature created (and Governor Kay Ivey signed) a more...
Courts have consistently found regular employee attendance can be an essential function for certain positions that employers don't have to eliminate in the name of providing an accommodation under the Americans with...
The COVID-19 crisis has brought major changes to the U.S. workforce. Many employers have transitioned their workforces to remote work. Now, employees can work from anywhere with an Internet connection. Many employees...
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Wisconsin employers) recently interpreted the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in a case involving an interesting set of facts. The employer altered an...
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Wisconsin employers) recently applied Illinois law to determine whether a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) conferred a property interest protected by...
Q We discovered an administrative error that caused us not to take payroll deductions for employee benefits for several individuals in 2020. Do we have the right to take the deductions as a catch-up for the amount that...
With more and more employees working remotely because of the COVID-19 outbreak, you may fairly be wondering whether electronic messages or postings on the company’s intranet system will satisfy government requirements to...
The Old Dominion has become the first state in the South and the 16th overall to legalize marijuana. With only hours to go before the end of this year’s legislative session, the state senate and house of delegates struck...
Last summer, Virginia became the first state in the nation to adopt mandatory workplace safety rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by approving an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for infectious disease prevention...
Flexible spending account (FSA) rule changes now permit carryover amounts through 2022, new benefit election flexibility, and other changes intended to help employees with health costs during the COVID-19 outbreak. The...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a national emphasis program (NEP) in March 2021 to focus its COVID-19 enforcement efforts. The NEP will remain in effect for up to a year, although the...
An employee can’t file a claim for a particular type of discrimination in court if he didn’t specifically identify the type of bias in an administrative complaint before the state agency charged with investigating such...
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld the dismissal of a 49-year-old nurse's age discrimination case against St. Peter's University Hospital. The nurse, who was fired after using force to restrain a hospital...