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Another potential COVID-19 casualty: workplace collaboration

The year 2020 has been a challenging one for our nation and the world. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has faced heightened racial tensions and a deep political divide culminating in a contested...

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Commissions can be a ‘wage,’ but they must meet salary basis test

California law requires employers to pay overtime rates to employees who work above a set number of hours unless an exemption applies. The exemptions generally have two requirements: that employees (1) perform certain...

Dec 06, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

California imposes annual pay reporting requirements on large employers

Despite significant progress in recent years to strengthen California’s equal pay laws, pay disparities along gender, racial, and ethnic lines in the private sector continue to exist. In response to this reality...

Dec 06, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

California clarifies use of no-rehire clauses in settlement agreements

To address concerns in implementing an existing statute prohibiting no-rehire clauses in certain settlement agreements, California has enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 2143, expanding the exceptions but limiting application...

Dec 06, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Cal/OSHA adopts sweeping COVID-19 prevention regulation

On November 30, 2020, the Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation, which became effective immediately. The...

Dec 06, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

You're out! Bias, harassment, retaliation claims all fail

Some workplace cases provide multiple lessons about employment discrimination. Recently, the 8th Circuit (which covers Arkansas and Missouri employers) rendered a decision providing guidance on discrimination, harassment...

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Minnesota DOLI tallies up COVID-19 workers' comp cases

Some 4,822 coronavirus-related workers' compensation claims were reported to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) through September 11, 2020, according to data recently released by the agency. The data...

CDC broadens guidance on degree of 'close contact' that poses COVID-19 risk

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has informed the public that "close contact" with infected persons poses a high risk of contracting the virus. The agency...

DOL clarifies which healthcare providers are exempt from FFCRA leave provisions

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently clarified which healthcare providers are exempt from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) paid sick and family and medical leave policies. How we got here When...

Reimbursing out-of-state telework expenses and other HR quick takes

Q During “normal” times, my workforce is located in Iowa and, for the most part, works from our office. We don’t have office locations in other states or countries. Now, most of my workforce is working remotely. A few...

Religious employers not protected from hostile environment claims

Over the years, courts dealing with employment discrimination suits against churches, synagogues, and other religious organizations have carved out an exemption that bars claims by "ministerial" employees challenging the...

Now what!? COVID-19 collides with flu season

While many workplaces are settling into a COVID-19 groove of social distancing, face masks, and hand sanitizer, we find ourselves on the cusp of flu season in the United States. Employers should start preparing now for...

Trump order significantly affects fed contractors' workplace diversity training

On September 22, President Donald Trump issued an unprecedented "Executive Order (EO) on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping" aimed at the federal workforce and federal contractors. The order purports "to combat...

How COVID-19 is affecting courts' enforcement of restrictive covenants

In the best of economic times, some courts can be reluctant to grant immediate relief and bar an employee from working to enforce a postemployment restrictive covenant. Now that we're in the midst of a global pandemic...

Q - A: Infected worker wants to save leave time in case elderly mom gets sick

Q We have an employee working remotely from home who has tested positive for COVID-19. Her doctor says she can return to work in two weeks. She is asymptomatic and wants to continue to work so she can save her Emergency...

Arkansas Stephen W. Jones of Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC, and Audra Hamilton and Nathan Read of Mitchell Williams
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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