Employer Liability Issues, Flexible Work Arrangements, Business Continuity Plans

Managing employee costs in a changing business environment

Hogan Lovells on 9/5/2025

Introduction - At a time of global economic and geo-political uncertainty, employers need to understand their options for achieving financial savings while preserving business continuity and retaining their ability to...more

50 Questions & Answers: The New Telework Regime in Portugal

Littler on 1/5/2022

Portugal recently approved significant changes to the country’s telework regime. Law N° 83/2021, which took effect on January 1, 2022, (i) provides a new definition of telework, including certain remote working scenarios;...more

Pending California Bills Suggest Trend Towards Flexible Work Arrangements

CDF Labor Law LLP on 5/7/2021

As local and state governments shift towards a full reopening of public and private work sectors, following an unprecedented year in which remote work became a strategy for dealing with a global pandemic, businesses are...more

NIOSH-Approved Masks Defined as Covered Countermeasures for Liability Immunity Under Amended PREP Act Declaration

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 4/17/2020

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

COVID-19 in the Workplace - We May Not Be at Peak Yet, but the Lawsuits Are Already Coming

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/14/2020

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

Need to Reduce Staff? Consider Shared Work Programs to Lessen the Pain

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/31/2020

The upending of the business cycle caused by the coronavirus outbreak may force many businesses to reduce headcount and payroll. While the immediate health crisis may pass quickly, many expect the economic impact to last much...more

Washington State and Connecticut Take No-Action Positions Regarding Licensees Working From Home Due to Coronavirus

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/16/2020

State regulators in Washington and Connecticut the financial services industries are beginning to issue guidance to address questions about licensees working at home due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak....more

Beyond Hand Washing: What Employers Should be Doing Now in Response to COVID-19

Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/16/2020

Most of us have never seen anything like this! As we have watched COVID-19 spread, many clients have contacted us asking what they can do now to help stop the spread, what they should tell their employees, how they should...more

Prospectively Reducing Workweeks for Overtime Exempt Employees – With a Commensurate Reduction in Salary – Does Not Necessarily...

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/12/2020

Employers grappling with workplace attendance issues in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus may soon face additional challenges resulting from a potential economic downturn. Media stories are already beginning to report on...more

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