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Employers’ 5-Step Plan for Handling the Worst Flu Season in 15 Years

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The U.S. is currently facing the worst flu season since 2009, and employers can’t afford to ignore it. Beyond the personal toll, flu outbreaks wreak havoc on businesses through lost productivity and absenteeism – and they can...more

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California Courts Weighing In re Employees and COVID-19

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California courts recently issued two guiding decisions relating to COVID-19: In Thai v. International Business Machines Corp., 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 526, the Court of Appeal held that a government mandate to work from...more

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Employers May Be Liable For Work-From-Home Expenses

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal found an employer liable under Labor Code section 2802 for employee work-from-home operating expenses, despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 stay-at-home order, which precluded...more

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End of National Health Emergency Could Trigger Tax Liabilities for Remote Workers

President Biden recently announced that the national emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic will end on May 11, 2023. This move may result in unexpected tax issues for employers with remote workers in states where they...more

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Employment Horizons 2023

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In our Employment Horizons publication, we have reflected on some of the key themes impacting multi-national employers in 2023. These include responding to inflationary pressures and the cost of living crisis, remote and...more

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Remote Work via Digital Nomad Visas in Latin America and Spain: Key Employer Considerations

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After the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend to work remotely accelerated. Countries around the world have viewed foreigners working remotely abroad as an opportunity to earn income and boost their economies. For employees, remote...more

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Entfallen der Corona-Isolationspflicht und die Konsequenzen für Arbeitgeber

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Mit Wirkung zum 16. November 2022 ist in Baden-Württemberg und Bayern als ersten Bundesländern die Isolationspflicht für Covid-19 Infizierte entfallen. Schleswig-Holstein, Hessen und Rheinland-Pfalz sind inzwischen gefolgt....more

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NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: The Lingering Impact of COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant global disruption, not only for people’s livelihoods but also for corporations who have had to find ways to adapt to the pandemic aftereffects and a changed way of working. Remote and...more

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Will Virtual, Remote I-9 Verification Post-COVID Become a Reality?

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Since March 2020, the USCIS has allowed virtual, remote I-9 verification where all employees are working remotely due to COVID, or when a new employee, post April 1, 2021, is working remotely due to COVID. Many employers as...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Downtown vs. Suburban Offices: Commercial Office Space Leasing In A Post-Covid Market

Twenty-seven months ago, we couldn’t begin to comprehend the length or severity of the pandemic, nor its long-term effect on commercial office space. Today it is still not possible to make an accurate prediction, but a few...more

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“Can I Keep Working from Home?” – Handling Increased Employee Requests to Telework in the Post-Pandemic Return to the Workplace

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As mask mandates have been lifted and COVID-19 infection rates go down, many businesses are using this as an opportunity to welcome employees back to their workplaces. It is expected, and we have already seen, that there will...more

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Disability Accommodation and COVID-19: Ten Emerging Issues to Consider

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As we enter the third year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. businesses are implementing long-delayed return-to-office plans and hoping to establish a new equilibrium.  Public health experts, economists and...more

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Québec to Delay Eliminating Mandatory Masking to End of April as COVID-19 Cases Rise

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With the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the interim Québec National Director of Public Health announced on April 5, 2022 that the wearing of masks in public places indoors (scheduled to be eliminated...more

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Italy – COVID-19 pandemic: new measures issued by the Italian Government

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Last 31st March 2022 the emergency period terminated; the recent Law Decree No. 24/2022 provides, among others, the extension of the “simplified” agile work regime and the gradual elimination of the Green Pass....more

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New Legal Developments in Brazil on Remote Work

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On March 28, 2022, the Brazilian government published a new Provisional Measure that, among other matters, modifies some of the provisions of the Labor Code relating to remote work that could have a significant impact on...more

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Alberta Government Announces a Phased Approach to Lifting All COVID-19 Health Restrictions, Immediately Ending the Restrictions...

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On February 8, 2022, the Government of Alberta announced that effective immediately, it would begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions, including the mandatory vaccination requirements under the Restrictions Exemption Program (the...more

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Littler Global Guide - Belgium - Q4 2021

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New Economic Migration Policy for Foreign Self-Employed Persons in Flanders - New Legislation Enacted - The Flemish Decree of October 15, 2021, which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, provides a new economic...more

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Littler Global Guide - Brazil - Q4 2021

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Ordinance that Restricted Employers’ Ability to Impose Vaccination Mandates Is Partially Suspended - New Order or Decree - On November 1, 2021, Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Welfare (a body of the Federal Government)...more

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An Accident While Working From Home Can Still Cause an Occupational Injury

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Since the beginning of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, remote work has become the norm for many companies. However, even when work is performed at the worker's home, the worker can still file a claim with Quebec’s workers’...more

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Québec Loosening More Restrictions Over the Next Weeks

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Recap - In December 2021, the Québec Government ordered a number of businesses to suspend their activities (including restaurant dining rooms), imposed capacity limits on businesses permitted to remain open, required...more

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Littler Global Guide - Germany - Q4 2021

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Infection Protection Act Amended - New Legislation Enacted - According to the amendments to the Infection Protection Act, which came into force on November 24, 2021, and apply until March 19, 2022, employers and employees...more

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Ontario, Canada Moves Back to Amended Step Three of its Roadmap to Reopen

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With key public health indicators beginning to show signs of improvement and expected to continue, Ontario  announced on January 20, 2022, that commencing January 31, 2022, it would begin to take steps to cautiously and...more

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As Ontario Prepares to (again) Enter Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen, Employers Can (cautiously) Prepare to Ease Remote Work...

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On January 27, 2022 Ontario filed Regulation 25/22, amending Ontario Regulation 364/20, Rules for Areas at Step 3 (the “Step 3 Regulation”). On January 31, 2022, all public health units in Ontario will again move to Step 3...more

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Littler Global Guide - Peru - Q4 2021

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Extension of the Remote Work - New Legislation Enacted - Emergency Decree 115-2021, which was published on December 30, 2021, among other things modified Emergency Decree 026-2020 that regulates the “remote work regime,”...more

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Québec Loosening Certain Restrictions: Releases Schedule for Reopening Restaurants, Cinemas and Other Venues at Half Capacity Over...

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Recap - In December, 2021, the Québec Government ordered a number of businesses to suspend their activities (including restaurant dining rooms), imposed capacity limits on businesses permitted to remain open, required...more

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