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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

What Is Reasonable? Handling Employee Requests for an Extended Leave of Absence

Venable LLP on 2/23/2023

Assessing extended leave requests can be one of the most difficult and challenging issues employers face. While many employers are sympathetic to an employee's challenging health issues, a desire to help employees must be...more

D.C. Enacts Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave and Extends Public Health Emergency Leave Under DC FMLA

Polsinelli on 11/23/2021

On November 18, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “COVID Vaccination Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021” (the “Act”). The Act applies to nearly all private employers with employees in the District....more

COVID-19 Sick Leave Litigation Disproportionately Impacts Healthcare Employers: How to Avoid Becoming Another Statistic

Fisher Phillips on 2/1/2021

As the weather warms amid the dawning of a new chapter in our country, national vaccine distribution is underway (albeit admittedly haphazard) and the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter in 2021. As the virus...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

USDOL Gets Tech-Savvy in Approving Electronic Notice Posting and FMLA-Qualifying Telemedicine Visits

Franczek P.C. on 1/5/2021

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division was hard at work in the closing days of 2020, endorsing the use of electronic posting of required notices and telemedicine visits under the Family and Medical Leave...more

EEOC Releases Guidance for Employers on COVID-19 Vaccinations

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/18/2020

As news of a COVID-19 vaccine increased during the late fall, employers were anxiously awaiting EEOC guidance as to whether they could require employees to get vaccinated. While it will be several more months before the...more

BREAKING: EEOC Issues Guidance On COVID Vaccines

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/17/2020

And employers will like it. NOTE FROM ROBIN: This is the text of a Legal Bulletin that we sent out today. I am posting it here for those of you who don't subscribe to our bulletins. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...more

Readying For The Return: US Department Of Labor Issues New FAQs Related To The FFCRA And Return To School Issues

Cole Schotz on 9/4/2020

As we have recently posted on numerous occasions, the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) requires most employers with fewer than 500 workers to provide paid time off for specified reasons related to...more

How To Balance School Re-Openings And COVID-19 Workplace Leave: FAQs For Employers

Fisher Phillips on 8/21/2020

As the summer draws to a close, schools are announcing their re-opening plans, which vary widely across states and localities. Some schools plan to remain open several days a week and direct students to attend remotely the...more

Telecommuters: Don’t Let Your Employers Fail To Honor Your FMLA Rights

Jaburg Wilk on 8/3/2020

Many people do not know that there is a special rule for telecommuters in seeking Family Medical Leave Act rights. If you work from home, even if you are the only employee in your state, you are still entitled to FMLA...more

Everything Employers and Employees Need to Know When an Employee Feels Unsafe Returning to Work Due to COVID

Jaburg Wilk on 7/31/2020

Many employees are concerned about returning to work due to COVID-19. Employers need to be prepared for their employee’s requests. They will want to treat their employees fairly and also minimize their liability. There are...more

Employment Flash - July 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/20/2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more

Temporary Worker FFCRA Leave Rights and Joint Employer Challenges

Littler on 6/4/2020

The tsunami of new employment laws and regulations in the last two months has challenged employers and human resources professionals, created a host of new employee rights, and caused many bouts of compliance head-scratching....more

Your Families First Coronavirus Response Act Questions Answered! (Some Of Them, Anyway)

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/26/2020

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor published three pieces of guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act provisions relating to expanded leave under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and...more

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