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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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New York Ends COVID-19 Sick Leave Requirements

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Effective July 31, 2025, New York will no longer require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who contract COVID-19. As discussed in our prior alert, New York has required employers to provide COVID-19 leave...more

Fisher Phillips

New Laws for New York Employers in a New Year: What You Need to Know as 2023 Unfolds

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After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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Can Massachusetts Employers Offer Vaccination Incentives to Employees?

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In light of the recent expanded access to COVID-19 vaccines, many employers have considered how to encourage their eligible workforce to voluntarily receive vaccinations in lieu of mandating vaccines in the workplace. One...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

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It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

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How Dealerships Can Balance School Re-Openings And COVID-19 Leave

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The school year is several months underway, and re-opening plans vary widely for schools across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some schools have transitioned to a distance, or remote, learning model, which require...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] HR Benefits and Tax Opportunities during COVID-19 - November 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Bricker & Eckler’s annual “Hot Topics” seminar is going virtual this year! This series provides human resources professionals and in-house attorneys with insight into ongoing and emerging labor and employment issues. We...more

Fisher Phillips

September 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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New California COVID-19 Employment Laws Require Attention

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- California has implemented a broad supplemental sick leave law requiring employers with 500 or more employees (and health care employers with fewer than 500 employees) to provide their California workers with up to 80 hours...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Effect of COVID-19 on Employee Benefits: Considerations in Italy and the United States

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The United States and Italy have both been, and continue to be, deeply affected by the global coronavirus pandemic. Italy was one of the first countries to be seriously hit, and the national emergency status has recently been...more

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Comprehensive FAQs For Employers On Hurricanes And Other Workplace Disasters

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This article addresses many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters; consequently, in addition to federal laws, we also focus on certain state laws, especially those in the areas...more

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What You Need To Know About California Governor’s COVID-19 Employer Playbook

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California Governor Gavin Newsom just released a 32-page COVID-19 Employer Playbook providing additional guidance for California employers related to COVID-19 and safe re-opening. Though the July 24 Playbook provides a...more

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The California Legislature Is Back in Town! Which Pending Bills (and Executive Orders) Will Impact The Workplace?

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After returning from its hiatus on May 4, the California legislature has wasted no time in drafting a flurry of new bills which will affect employers in the aftermath of the state’s response to COVID-19. While the state...more

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COVID-19 Waivers: The Benefits and the Pitfalls

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When properly employed, liability waivers—contractual provisions by which one party agrees to relinquish the right to recover for certain injuries—can be an effective means of minimizing the risks arising from the...more

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An Employer's Guide for Handling Vacation Issues in the Time of COVID-19

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Even in more traditional times, summer posed staffing issues for most employers, as employers juggled employee vacation requests while working to maintain a functional workplace. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: Telemental Health Benefits, Support Employee Mental Health, Balancing Safety and Privacy - Employment Law...

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It's #WorkforceWednesday. To mark Mental Health Awareness Month, and to dive deeper into a topic that is top of mind during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re focusing today’s edition on how employers can support employee mental...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Return-to-Work Issues in Wisconsin: The Reopening Begins

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Even as fans ask when, if ever, will the Milwaukee Brewers season begin and will the Packers and Badgers even kick off in the fall, with or without fans, on May 11 Andrea Palm, Secretary-Designee of the Department of Health...more

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[Webinar] From Now to Normal: Reopening Oregon - May 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PT

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Please join our Oregon attorneys as we help our clients prepare for Oregon's reopening. This nuts and bolts webinar will address the questions we are hearing as employers prepare to ramp back up....more

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A Checklist for Employers Planning to Reopen or Return to the Workplace

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Although shutdowns or moves to an all-remote workforce happened quickly, many employers are able to re-open with the benefit of more time to plan. As you prepare developing plans for your workplace, keep in mind a wholly new...more

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Collective Bargaining in the Aftermath of COVID-19

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Even with the effects of COVID-19 still reverberating across the economy, collective bargaining agreements will expire, new units will gain bargaining rights, and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) will still require...more

Fisher Phillips

Post-Pandemic Back-To-Business FAQs For Kentucky And Indiana Employers (UPDATED)

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Resuming business operations as the intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic decreases and governments in Kentucky and Indiana ease restrictions will involve more than unlocking your front door and turning the lights on. You must...more

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COVID-19 - States Expanding Workers' Compensation Coverage For Essential Employees

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In very recent days, some states have made it easier for certain workers who have contracted COVID-19 to establish a claim for workers’ compensation by creating presumptions that workers contracted the disease on the job....more

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VIDEO: What is the Impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s Workers’ Compensation?

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In this video, Chartwell Law Florida workers’ compensation attorneys Amanda Mitteer Bartley and Tom Marchese discuss how COVID-19 is affecting Florida workers’ compensation claims, especially given Governor Ron Desantis’...more

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Protecting Workforce Mental Health and Productivity during COVID-19

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With every day that passes under various shelter-in-place and similar orders, life before COVID-19 seems less and less familiar. Yet prior to the pandemic, businesses were just starting to recognize and deploy an employee...more

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Minnesota Businesses Receive Guidance On COVID-19-Related Workplace Issues

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Amid many unanswered questions and high levels of uncertainty, the Minnesota Department of Labor published guidance clarifying certain worker protections and benefits relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance answers...more

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