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New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more
Political conversations are common in the workplace. While employees value their free expression, several practical steps can serve a dual purpose of supporting employee well-being while minimizing risks. These risks include...more
California’s legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Governor Newsom and will become effective on January 1, 2025,...more
Legislatures across the United States continued to enact new employment laws in 2024, many of which require review and revision of current handbooks, including adding new policies and updating existing policies, for legal...more
Approved legislation covers topics from paid leave to freelance work, driver's license discrimination to intersectionality discrimination, a "captive audience" ban to social compliance audits, with other laws specifically...more
Introduction - GENERAL OVERVIEW - Hong Kong employers and employees have become increasingly aware of their rights and obligations under the anti-discrimination legislation since the passing of the Sex Discrimination...more
On May 11, the US Department of Health and Human Services ended its COVID-19 federal public health emergency declaration. Days later, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) followed up by updating its COVID-19...more
The cannabis industry is growing at a rapid pace given the proliferation of states legalizing medical and recreational use. Indeed, most states already have a comprehensive medical cannabis program, and many are rolling out...more
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) prohibits employers with more than four employees from discriminating against employees based on certain protected classes. Last month, a state agency approved changes to the law...more
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
As employers consider plans to have their workforces return to the office, they are faced with the daunting task of creating a return-to-work program that balances powerful safety, legal, and social considerations under a...more
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry has released several FAQs clarifying Montana House Bill 702. The law, which went into effect on May 7, 2021, prohibits employers from mandating the current COVID-19 vaccines and...more
As COVID-19 restrictions lift across the country, employers are increasingly calling workers back to the office, some for the first time since March 2020. But before rushing back to their pre-pandemic operations, employers...more
This webinar discusses Virginia’s COVID Standard, OSHA COVID guidance, and other workplace COVID issues....more
With nearly 34 million people, or more than one in 10 Americans, fully vaccinated against COVID-19, most employers can expect vaccination to soon become available to their general workforce. Besides being eager to return to...more
As COVID-19 vaccines become more available, employment-based programs requiring or incentivizing employee vaccination will become more commonplace. In a previous post, we covered recent employer guidance from the CDC, with a...more
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
As restaurants continue to reopen out of economic necessity despite a global pandemic, employers and employees alike remain concerned about the possibility of COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. No longer are bad Yelp...more
In Episode 4 of the Labor and Employment Podcast Series, Burr partners Katy Willis and Emily Mack, take a deeper dive into regulations as it relates to the enforcement of face coverings for employers and customers. They...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 16, 2020, the New York City Commission on Human Rights adopted new rules clarifying the catch-all “safety-sensitive” exception to the prohibition against New York City employers requiring job...more
This post has been updated to reflect additional guidance issued by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission ("EEOC") on June 17, 2020. The EEOC has provided employers with supplemental guidance on navigating the...more
As the globe grapples with increasing challenges to sustaining “business as usual” in their enterprises, our team of Employment, Employee Benefits, Health and Privacy & Cybersecurity lawyers invite you to join us for...more
Two important employment-related bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives of Arizona’s legislature. The first, HB2116, would make bereavement leave for the death of a child mandatory for any employers that...more
Delaware is reminding its employers that a safe, drug-free workplace can pay. On February 1, the state’s Department of Insurance (the “Department”) amended its regulations to emphasize the availability of workers’...more