The District of Columbia is set to join the growing list of jurisdictions across the United States. that require employers to disclose pay information in job listings. The D.C. Council approved, and on January 12, 2024, Mayor...more
On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed significant increases in the compensation thresholds that must be met for employees to be classified as exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair...more
On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) finally released its much-anticipated decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023). The Board re-examined its prior precedent and overturned...more
Virginia employers should be aware of several new employment laws that took effect July 1, 2023. Among other changes, these laws prohibit the enforcement of certain confidentiality and non-disparagement agreements; require...more
Pay transparency laws are proliferating across multiple U.S. states and localities. For example, employers with a single employee in Colorado, California, Washington, or New York City that post advertisements for jobs that...more
Employers doing business in the District of Columbia should be aware of several employment laws that have recently taken effect in the District. With the continued prevalence of telework and hybrid work arrangements, many of...more
President Biden recently signed into law the Speak Out Act (S. 4524), which prohibits enforcement of pre-dispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements in connection with sexual assault and sexual harassment disputes....more
The District of Columbia has expanded the benefits available to eligible D.C. employees under the D.C. Paid Family Leave law and released an updated notice. Covered employers should promptly implement the newly issued notice...more
In welcome news for employers, the District of Columbia recently adopted the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022 (the Amended Act), which substantially revises the near-total ban on employee non-compete provisions...more
Effective March 23, 2022, the Virginia occupational safety and health standard on COVID-19 (the Standard) has been revoked. The Standard established protocols that Virginia employers were required to follow to control,...more
The District of Columbia has released an updated poster on COVID-19 leave available under the D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act (DCFMLA). Employers with 20 or more employees in the District should promptly post this poster....more
On January 13, the United States Supreme Court reinstituted a stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Emergency Temporary Standard (OSHA ETS), which mandates that employers with 100 or more employees require...more
1/17/2022
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On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted a stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's "vaccination-or-test" Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), allowing the ETS to take...more
On November 18, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed emergency legislation that requires private employers in D.C. to provide eligible employees with paid time off for their own and their children’s COVID-19...more
The Fifth Circuit’s decision temporarily suspending OSHA’s “vaccine-or-test” mandate is the first of what could be more stay decisions to come, say Hogan Lovells’ Sean Marotta, George Ingham, and Amy Kett. They explain how...more
A federal court of appeals in Louisiana has temporarily stayed the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for larger employers. We address what to expect next from the...more
The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) has issued its guidance (Guidance) regarding the COVID-19 safety protocols that federal contractors must implement under President Biden’s recent Executive Order 14042. The...more
9/27/2021
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced several new initiatives aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. private sector workplaces, including directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more
Virginia employers should be aware of several new employment laws that have taken effect in the commonwealth in 2021. These laws create protections against employment discrimination based on disability and military status and...more
As District of Columbia businesses and area schools continue to reopen, employers should keep in mind their continuing obligations under the District’s COVID-19 leave laws, which the mayor recently extended through November...more
Following the CDC’s recent changes to its COVID-19 guidance, OSHA updated its COVID-19 guidance for non-health care settings to reflect more restrictive recommendations for employers in light of the increased transmissibility...more
8/18/2021
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D.C. employers should be aware that the District’s new law banning virtually all employee noncompete agreements and policies does not currently apply and likely will not become applicable this year....more
On June 10, 2021, the same day that it released its long-anticipated COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare settings (which we discuss here), the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more
On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the first nationwide emergency workplace safety rule per President Joe Biden’s January executive order directing the agency to pursue an...more
On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its “What you should know about COVID-19” Frequently Asked Questions (the FAQs), answering questions many employers have had regarding COVID-19...more