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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your June To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 5/30/2025

Here are the top items you should tackle in June, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more

The “Joint Employer” Pendulum Swings Again. Or Does It?

Gould + Ratner LLP on 11/22/2023

For the third time in eight years, employers again face uncertainty as to whether they may be considered a “joint employer” with another business. This question is not academic and can have real world consequences. What...more

Smucker’s Vax Mandate Stands, Federal Court of Appeals Hands Broad Win to Federal Contractors

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2023

Private companies doing business with the federal government won a major COVID-19-related victory recently when the Sixth Circuit held in Ciraci v. J.M. Smucker’s Co. that government contractors are not subject to...more

Objections to COVID-Testing and Asking Vax Status Up Front: Best Practices

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 10/27/2021

Employers are being inundated with employee requests for exemptions, not just from mandatory vaccination policies, but also from policies requiring regular COVID-19 testing. How do employers square their duty to provide a...more

Stopping The Spread Of COVID-19 Hate Crimes In Reopened Restaurants

Fisher Phillips on 10/13/2020

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

Considerations for Workplace Safety in Light of Updated EEOC Guidance

McGlinchey Stafford on 6/18/2020

COVID-19 has created new, unexplored territory for employers. Even in a pandemic, it’s imperative that employers follow all EEO laws. Since COVID-19 is consistently evolving, it is important that employers continue to follow...more

Protecting Employees From Patient Harassment: It’s No Laughing Matter

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2018

“Claims of sexual harassment typically involve the behavior of fellow employees. But not always.” So begins a recent opinion from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that illustrates the dangers of failing to take an employee’s...more

EEOC Sues Dehaven’s Transfer & Storage, Inc. for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/23/2015

Moving Company Fired Female Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - DURHAM, N.C. - DeHaven's Transfer & Storage, Inc., a residential and commercial moving company, violated federal law when it fired a...more

5 Workplace Safety Tips to Protect Employees from Violent Co-Workers (While Complying with Employment Laws)

Carlton Fields on 8/27/2015

According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), homicide is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. This article gives employers practical advice aimed at keeping the...more

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