In 2020, Virginia was the first southern state to ban discrimination based on hairstyles. This year, the state is on the verge of making history once again by becoming the first in the South to legalize and regulate...
Employment Law Letter
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently signed into law one of the strictest bans on noncompete agreements in the United States. Under the “Ban on NonCompete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020,” noncompetes...
U.S. history is replete with political compromises. Some of the earliest compromises were made to ensure the ratification of the U.S. Constitution (the great compromise, the three-fifths compromise, and the electoral...
On January 29, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued guidance titled “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace.” The new guidance, which...
As the United States begins to transition from dealing with the COVID-19 crisis to planning ahead for better times, what can employers take away from the past year? For one thing, we’ve learned a lot about communicating...
Q One of our nursing home employees who was exposed to a COVID-19-positive resident just returned to work from a 14-day quarantine after testing negative. Do we have to record it in the Occupational Safety and Health Act...
From regulations designed to significantly alter the H-1B program to travel and visa bans, the immigration landscape has changed at a fast and furious pace over the last four years. Many legal practitioners expect more...
In early January, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a large economic recovery package aimed at protecting hospitality industry workers by granting them a right of recall if they are laid off due to COVID-19-related...
While many bills affecting employers are proposed for the 2021 Oregon legislative session, three measures in particular with potentially disastrous results stand out. 3 bills to watch out for Democrats will again have a...
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a new rule affecting its own processes for dealing with employers under investigation. The conciliation process, which is statutorily mandated...
Now more than ever, employers are facing difficult decisions about workforce operations. In addition to the time- and attention-consuming obligations of on-site safety protocols, remote workforce policies, information...
The Ohio General Assembly recently overhauled its employment discrimination laws and adopted several employer-friendly provisions. Governor Mike DeWine signed the Employment Law Uniformity Act (also known as House Bill...
Q Our company has offices in two different states with nonexempt employees in both locations. In our employee handbook, do we need to list the details and specify the overtime pay requirements for each state, or can we...
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Ohio employers) affirmed summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) in favor of an employer and held claims filed under the Age Discrimination in...
Every HR manager has had the moment where you're trying to decide whether to waive a notice period for a terminating employee. You also may have had a trickle of doubt about the repercussions waiving the notice period...