Employment Policies, Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Reporting Requirements

EU’s Pay Equity Directive: 5 Key Points Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 3/13/2025

Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...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

DFEH Issues Guidance to Employers Regarding Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/12/2021

On March 4, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) updated its COVID-19 related guidance. In addition to addressing whether an employer may ask about symptoms, take employees’ temperatures,...more

Prepare to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave Under New Massachusetts Law

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/18/2019

Massachusetts employers should be making their final preparations for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program in advance of the Oct. 1, 2019, effective date for payroll deductions. This Holland & Knight...more

Earned Sick Leave in Westchester County, NY: What Employers Need to Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/15/2019

Taking a page out of New York City’s book to address the estimated 36 percent of workers in Westchester County, New York, who lack paid sick leave benefits, in October 2018 the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed...more

OSHA Clarifies Position On Anti-Retaliation Rule

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 10/15/2018

Thank you to Jonathan Schaefer for this post. Jon is an attorney in our Environmental, Energy & Telecommunications Practice Group and his practice focuses on environmental compliance counseling, occupational health and...more

OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2018

OSHA Rolls Back Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Provisions! Yesterday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued a standard interpretation clarifying its position on the new recordkeeping rule’s...more

Just Say No to Automatic Post-Accident Drug-Testing

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 9/28/2016

Do you automatically drug-test after all work-related injuries or accidents? If so, you should change your policy immediately in light of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new reporting Rule, which went into...more

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