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End of an Era: New York’s COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Has Ended

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 8/26/2025

After more than five years, New York State’s pioneering COVID-19 paid sick leave law officially came to an end on July 31, 2025....more

Needle-less Dispute? BC Court Finds That Unpaid Leave Due to Non-Compliance Did Not Amount to Constructive Dismissal

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 8/12/2025

The COVID-19 litigation lag continues to play out in Canadian courts; and employers are starting to get some clarity on some of the key workplace issues that arose during the pandemic. In Clark v. City of Prince George,...more

Sunsetting of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/28/2025

Beginning July 31, 2025, New York employers will no longer be required to provide separate leave for COVID-19 quarantines and isolations. This marks a significant shift in pandemic-related employment policies for businesses...more

Wage and Hour Around the Corner: From Zoom to Room Staying on Solid Legal Grounds with a Remote Staff or an Office Return

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/11/2025

The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more

Three Things Employers Should Know Now

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 2/11/2025

California employers face new compliance updates in 2025, including the expiration of most COVID-19 prevention regulations, a mandatory whistleblower notice posting, and an updated state withholding allowance...more

Public Health Emergency No More: Pitfalls Employers Should Avoid While Easing Their COVID-Era Policies

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 6/6/2023

After more than three years, both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have ended their classification of COVID-19 as a public/global health emergency. In conjunction...more

COVID-19 and the Workplace: Where Do We Stand?

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/9/2023

As we have reported previously, on April 10, 2023 President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 National Emergency. However, the rollback of COVID-19 requirements was already underway in many state and municipal...more

Cal/OSHA Publishes Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard

Perkins Coie on 4/18/2023

Following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has finally revisited its indoor heat illness prevention standard (the Standard)....more

The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace COVID-19 Testing

BakerHostetler on 7/15/2022

Until recently, employers had broad discretion to determine whether their employees were required to take COVID-19 tests prior to entering the workplace. However, newly released guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment...more

COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Laws Could Show Emerging Compliance Trends for Employers

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/5/2022

Since the onset of the pandemic, many states and localities have passed COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave laws requiring employers to provide leave to employees for COVID-19-related reasons. California and Colorado have...more

2021 Brought More Regulations for California Employers

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 1/17/2022

2021 was another important year for California employers. From decisions by the California Supreme Court regarding employees’ rights to premium pay for missed meal and rest breaks, to legislation expanding the scope of...more

Here We Go Again – Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know as Cal/OSHA Ramps Up Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Rules

Fisher Phillips on 12/17/2021

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board just voted to “re-adopt” the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for a second time – but this latest move introduces some significant changes for California employers, including a return...more

NC OSHA Is Not Immediately Adopting the ETS for Covid-19

Poyner Spruill LLP on 11/15/2021

The Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Labor announced on November 10, 2021, that his department will not adopt or enforce the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 protection and prevention issued...more

[Podcast]: A COVID-19 Employment Law Update

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 11/12/2021

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Evandro Gigante and Steve Hurd discuss key developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including employer vaccination policies, the forthcoming OSHA emergency temporary...more

Wegfall der Quarantäneentschädigung für Ungeimpfte – Fragerecht des Arbeitgebers?

Hogan Lovells on 10/29/2021

Muss ein Unternehmen seinen Arbeitnehmer*innen ihre arbeitsvertragliche Vergütung fortzahlen, wenn diese aufgrund einer behördlich angeordneten Quarantäne ihre Arbeitsleistung nicht erbringen können? Diese Frage rückt durch...more

[Webinar] Returning to Work: Navigating Vaccination, Testing and Masking Requirements - November 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/27/2021

As employers consider plans to have their workforces return to the office, they are faced with the daunting task of creating a return-to-work program that balances powerful safety, legal, and social considerations under a...more

[Webinar] COVID-19 Compliance for California Employers – New Vaccine Mandates (plural) and Ongoing Administrative Concerns -...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 9/13/2021

With the rise of multiple COVID variants, FDA approval of at least one vaccine, and now the federal government requiring that private employers mandate vaccinations, COVID-19 continues to infect California employers with a...more

New York Employers Must Act Immediately to Comply with NY HERO Act

Fisher Phillips on 7/20/2021

New York employers must take immediate steps to comply with statutory requirements aimed at preventing the spread of infectious disease in the workplace. As previously reported, in May New York State passed the NY HERO Act,...more

COVID-19 Employers’ Requirements Update

Downey Brand LLP on 6/18/2021

Yesterday, Cal/OSHA adopted revised COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), and Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to allow those revisions to take immediate effect. Some of these changes are...more

New COVID-19 Guidance for Illinois Employers

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 6/18/2021

Updated OSHA Guidance - On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its highly anticipated updated guidance as many states in the U.S. begin to “reopen” and lift COVID-19...more

[Webinar] OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard–What the Health Care Industry Needs to Know - June 30th, 12:00 pm - 12:30...

Bricker Graydon LLP on 6/18/2021

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently issued its highly anticipated COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the health care industry. The ETS will be effective immediately...more

#WorkforceWednesday: States Adjust COVID-19 Regulations and OSHA ETS Released - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/16/2021

It's #WorkforceWednesday! This week, we look at the ways in which states are relaxing COVID-19 restrictions and discuss the much-anticipated Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) emergency temporary standard....more

Return to the Office – Employer Considerations (Part 1)

Mintz on 6/15/2021

Now that widespread vaccination appears to be slowing the pandemic, and in light of the CDC’s guidance regarding measures fully vaccinated individuals can take, returning to the office has become a priority for employers...more

The 7 Main Takeaways for Healthcare Employers Now That OSHA Has Finally Unveiled Its Long-Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary...

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2021

Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more

[Webinar] Everything You Really Need to Know, Right Now, About the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards -...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/8/2021

On June 3, 2021, Cal/OSHA adopted revised COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards. These highly controversial new standards will likely be effective June 15, 2021. The panel will answer questions about the revised...more

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