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The Employer Handbook BlogGeorge Floyd and six resources that employers can use now to combat racism
To be quite honest with you, I’m somewhat bewildered. Continue reading
COVID-19 could spawn union organizing. But, the NLRB just drenched it with cold water.
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Last week, I participated in a webinar called “Labor Relations in Times of Pandemic.” Among other things, we discussed how COVID-19 and the corresponding need for workplace safety and other employee protections could lead to a spike in unionizing efforts. Continue reading
There’s no maybe about it. Here’s why, for sure, COVID-19 is an ADA disability. Probably.
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On March 27, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosted an “Ask the EEOC” webinar exclusively addressing the EEO laws in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the questions asked was whether COVID-19 is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The House has passed legislation to help businesses with PPP loans
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Last week, I blogged here about a couple of bills in Congress that could relax some of the more stringent rules associated with Paycheck Protection Program loans.
This week, one of those pieces of legislation called the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 just cleared the House by a vote of 417-1. Here is a copy of the bill. And courtesy of this press release from co-sponsor, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), here is a concise bullet-point summary of what the new legislation accomplishes:
Can your business require a customer to wear a mask? What if she has trouble breathing?
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Good questions? And, not coincidentally, the subject of a lawsuit just filed in a Pennsylvania federal court. Continue reading
This case has nothing to do with COVID-19. But, it could prevent a return-to-work lawsuit.
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As part of return-to-work from COVID-19, sadly, some employees are not going to return to work. Continue reading
Here’s that new CDC guidance for re-opening your business. Plus, we’ve get one heckuva Zoom chat coming on Friday!
Before we talk about this new CDC guidance, mark your calendars for Friday at Noon EDT.
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BUSTED! Feds charge a man for allegedly FAKING COVID-19 to skip work!!!
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I’m not sure if I ever told you this before but, true story, back in the day I used to represent labor unions. That’s right; I was on the side of organized labor. Continue reading
Wait, what?!? We’ve got ANOTHER coronavirus-related lawsuit where THE PLAINTIFF IS A LAWYER.
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Earlier this month, I told you about an attorney who claimed that her former employer wrongfully discharged her for refusing to violate a stay-at-home order.
Now, we’ve got another lawyer-plaintiff, this time claiming that his former employer fired him for taking FMLA leave when after contracted COVID-19. Continue reading
OSHA wants your company to record COVID-19 illness at work. But, it’s not as harsh as it may seem.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s COVID-19 requirements. Among them, its enforcement policy for recording cases of coronavirus.