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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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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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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 - 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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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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Omicron Delay of Game: 5 Lessons Employers Can Learn from Sports Leagues to Keep Your Employees from Being Benched by COVID-19

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Due to the recent Omicron surge in COVID-19 infections, many professional sports organizations have taken dramatic steps to address the rising infection rates among their players and staff. Unfortunately, the surges in the...more

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UK COVID-19: New UK restrictions under “Plan B” – Implications for employers in the Hotels & Hospitality sector

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With 336,893 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days ending on 8 December 2021 (the highest since the week to 16 January 2021) and the concern around the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the government has...more

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Home-Office Pflicht Relaunch

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Das Gesetz zur Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes und weiterer Gesetze (also das, was nach Vorstellung der angehenden Ampel-Koalition anstatt der Feststellung der epidemischen Lage nationaler Tragweite durch den Bundestag...more

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Littler 2021 European Employer Survey Report - November 2021

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Executive Summary - Despite all that remains uncertain for European employers – involving the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, new working models or any number of other emergent workforce issues – one area has come...more

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Frequently Asked Questions on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all employers with a total of 100 or more employees to mandate...more

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Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 16

Vaccine mandates and return-to-work scenarios seem to be the hot topics of the day, and with all hot topics, along comes litigation. Along with litigation, comes serious discussions by employers and organizations about how...more

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[Webinar] Delta Deja Vu - What do we need to do now? - August 26th, 11:00 am CT

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The Delta variant of COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on businesses nationwide. Clients are contacting us daily with urgent questions as to how to deal with Delta and its impact on operations. As we ride the Delta wave, we...more

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[Webinar] Future of Work Series: Part II: So You Have Mandated Vaccines – Now What? Financial Services Roundtable - August 25th,...

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This is Part II of a three-part series called, “The Future of Work.” The Three sessions of the series address many of the issues attendant to returning to the workplace. Panelists explore: - the implications of mandatory...more

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[Webinar] Future of Work Series: Part II: So You Have Mandated Vaccines – Now What? Retail Roundtable - August 18th, 3:00 pm -...

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This is Part II of a three-part series called, “The Future of Work.” The Three sessions of the series address many of the issues attendant to returning to the workplace. Panelists explore: - the implications of mandatory...more

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Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 34: Gil Rosen | Joseph Shem Tov & Co. | Israel

Gil Rosen is a partner with Joseph Shem Tov & Co., a business law firm located in Ramat Gan next to the Tel Aviv stock and diamond exchanges and a member of the International Lawyers Network. In this episode, Lindsay and Gil...more

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COVID-19 Workplace Compliance Now Clearer and Simpler for Michigan Employers: The 6 Key Requirements

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Michigan workplace safety authorities just released their highly anticipated revised Emergency Rules that streamline employer’s duties when it comes to responding to COVID-19-related concerns and better reflect the most...more

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MIOSHA Amends COVID-19 Emergency Rules as Michigan Eases Workplace Restrictions

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Effective May 24, 2021, The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) revised its COVID-19 Emergency Rules. The change comes as more Michiganders have received vaccines and COVID-19 cases have decreased....more

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The Littler Annual Employer Survey Report - May 2021

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This report summarizes and analyzes data gathered from 1,160 in-house lawyers, C-suite executives and HR professionals. The survey covers the wide-ranging issues facing employers as we look toward a post-pandemic future –...more

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COVID-19: Is Vaccination Mandatory to Work in Russia?

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Expectations for positive turns in many spheres of life, both commercial and social, have sprung at the arrival of COVID-19 vaccination. One of the popular questions is whether vaccination could change the current preference...more

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Virtual Town Hall: 2021 Brings New Challenges For Employers

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In 2020, employers navigated mandatory shut downs and significant changes in the workplace. Remote work, virtual meetings, mask wearing, sanitizing stations and de-densifying have all become essential components of work...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Coronavirus in the Workplace

Throughout the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis Bond has marshaled its resources in support of employers by assessing the shifting business landscape, identifying potential legal hazards and charting sound...more

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OSHA Issues First New General Workplace Guidance since June 2020

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As mandated in President Biden's Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, on January 29, OSHA issued a new guidance document, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in...more

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Vaccines and the Future of Work: Planning the Return to the Office

2021 has started with a swathe of good news as countries across the world rollout a range of COVID-19 vaccines. It adds to a sense that we can see a way out of the maze people have faced over the last 12 months. ...more

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