Deep within the omnibus spending bill passed in the waning days of 2022 were two new laws providing important new rights to employees who are pregnant or nursing.
First, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires...more
On August 16 in Williams v. Kincaid, a divided three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) became the first federal appellate court to hold...more
On April 25, 2022, South Carolina enacted a statute aimed at curtailing employers’ ability to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. To start, the Act absolutely bans state and local governments from requiring...more
As we have covered previously in EmployNews, organizations that mandate that their employees obtain vaccination against COVID-19 must consider whether employees may be entitled to an exemption due to a qualifying disability...more
On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control issued consequential, and largely unexpected, guidance stating that “fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where...more
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On December 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its running COVID-19 guidance to include critical new information about the intersection of equal employment laws and the COVID-19 vaccine. Most...more
On Tuesday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an update to its running guidance titled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.” The updates address...more
On May 7, the EEOC posted new guidance about how to handle return to work for an employee known to be in a COVID-19 “high risk” category.
First, if the employee does not request a reasonable accommodation, then the ADA...more
As cases of COVID-19 have started to spread throughout the United States, we have received a number of calls from clients about the potential impact on the workplace. Our team is paying close attention to the guidance from...more