The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Clarifies Work-Relatedness of Employee Injuries While Traveling
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 29 - A Global Perspective on the Economic Responses to COVID-19
Navigating the Storm: Crisis Management in the Workplace — Hiring to Firing Podcast
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Candid Conversations with Suppliers in Distress
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Identifying Suppliers in Distress
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 1: Pal Jalsovszky, Jalsovszky Law Firm | Budapest, Hungary
Employment Law Now IV-57-Coronavirus Breaking Developments: Part 2 of 2
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 225: Sustainable Living and Emergency Preparedness (w/Friday Apaliski)
HR is evolving in real time, driven by policy shifts, workforce expectations, and now, the transformative force of AI. Meanwhile, today’s HR leaders are under increasing pressure to deliver innovation while staying compliant...more
When a crisis erupts at your organization, you won’t have time to develop a response from scratch. Instead, you’ll need to have a robust crisis communications plan already in place so you can effectively communicate with your...more
Hurricane season is among us, and it serves as an excellent reminder for employers to review their workplace policies and procedures to ensure that you are prepared before a hurricane. Here are five items employers should...more
At 12:01am on January 5, 2022, Ontario will implement additional COVID-19 public health measures. These restrictions include the closure of certain businesses, capacity limit reductions, and a requirement that employees work...more
I was tempted to take the easy way out for a Labor Day message and just repeat the one we sent last year. It seemed that little had changed, and the message still applied. But then, I think that doing so would be to ignore...more
To learn more about the current state of crisis and risk management, Bennett Jones commissioned an independent survey by Environics to understand what corporate concerns are most pressing for Canadian general counsel and...more
Whether hurricanes, pandemics, wildfires, or other catastrophes like unanticipated shutdown orders, most companies are not immune to unplanned business interruptions. And while there are many legal, regulatory, and...more
In the previous two posts in this series, we examined how Legal Operations teams had managed sudden crisis: specifically, the coronavirus pandemic. But what about future disruptions? ...more
In the wake of the increase in ransomware attacks, including data exfiltration prior to or during a ransomware attack, I think it is worth the time and resources to focus on data recovery and business continuity....more
Over the past several months, the COVID-19 pandemic has given much of the nation’s office workforce a crash course in working from home. As cities and states across the country begin to roll back stay-at-home orders, some now...more
June 1 marked the start of meteorological summer in the U.S., and with that comes heat waves, long-duration wildfires, deadly and destructive tornadoes, and the Atlantic hurricane season. Emergency management officials across...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a wave of economic uncertainty. Many business owners are thinking about succession planning, but they often do not implement a strategy or take necessary steps until faced with an event that...more
Tobias Faber and Camilla Fröhlich from the Frankfurt office virtually interviewed Pete Frielinghaus, a resilience specialist and fellow of the Business Continuity Institute, on Business Continuity Management (BCM) in Africa...more
Given the challenges presented by COVID-19, many businesses must consider large-scale, transformational changes to their operations. As social distancing continues and safety concerns pervade the public consciousness,...more
At our Virtual Summit, Continuity Beyond Coronavirus, the keynote session starting everything off will feature a Legal Ops leader who’s seen his company skyrocket to national – even global – prominence over the last several...more
Screening employees and customers prior to permitting them to enter a business has become the primary method used in an effort to prevent further spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In its latest update to guidance for employers in the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC has now clarified that employers can test employees for COVID-19 without running afoul of the Americans With Disabilities...more
This alert incorporates the guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on March 19, 2020 in its publication on “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and Americans with Disabilities Act” and...more
We recently wrote a prior alert about Governor Lamont’s Executive Order 7BB (“the Order”) requiring persons to wear “face-coverings” (such as masks) in public. ...more
Several counties and cities in California are requiring individuals to wear cloth face coverings, including those working in or visiting public-facing essential businesses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....more
It turns out law school was very helpful to practicing law – every first year law student is required to take a contract law class. Now, lawyers are able to apply what they learned in the most unlikely of circumstances – the...more
As concern about availability of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) continues to grow amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government continues to take action aimed at increasing the availability of PPE with important...more
On April 13, 2020, Washington Governor Inslee issued a proclamation prohibiting employers from engaging in certain employment practices with respect to employees considered high-risk under the proclamation....more
With numerous furloughs and layoffs occurring around the country because of COVID-19 fallout, employers may have the ability to avoid cumbersome WARN Act notice requirements. Specifically, if employers furlough employees...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant strains on virtually every aspect of life. While state and local governments have forced many businesses to suspend operations in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus,...more