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Weak Demand Leads to Layoffs Among California Wineries: Navigating the Legal Risks of Cost-Cutting

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Recent studies indicate a steady decline in alcohol consumption in the United States over the past several years, following a global trend that has seen decreases in alcohol consumption from Ireland to India. Several factors...more

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Court Halts Trump Administration Order Pausing Government Grants (For Now)

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Many parties are rightly concerned about the impact of yesterday’s announcement that nearly all federal funds will be frozen for an indeterminate period. Minutes before it was intended to go into effect today, a federal judge...more

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Tech Employers Should Consider These 5 Key Issues Before Conducting Reductions in Force

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Despite notable workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, layoffs in the tech industry are still prevalent as 2024 wraps up. The layoffs range from large employers to smaller-sized startups that are focused on profitability and...more

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Key Reduction in Force Considerations for Manufacturing Employers as Layoffs Mount

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The strong jobs report recently released by the federal government included a surprising twist: it showed the manufacturing industry lost over 34,000 jobs in the past two months, standing now as one of the weakest industry...more

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Key Reduction in Force Considerations for Construction Employers

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The construction industry is seeing a drop in job openings but also in layoffs, according to new data from labor experts. But as part of an industry with one of the highest layoff rates, it’s crucial for construction...more

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Furloughs Trigger Employer’s Obligation To Pay Final Wages Immediately

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A recent Ninth Circuit panel held that Hyatt employees who were “laid off” in March 2020 were entitled to payment of their accrued vacation time immediately, even though the employees were not officially terminated until June...more

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Employer FAQs on Liquidity Concerns in Light of the SVB Crisis

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The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlights many of the concerns that employers might face should they find themselves in the midst of a liquidity crisis. Making payroll, arriving at decisions related to wage...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Statistics on Average Age of Employees Selected for Reduction in Force Helps Reverse Dismissal of Discrimination Claim

Employers considering layoffs or other restructurings should carefully develop a plan for evaluating and selecting employees who will be affected by the changes. In many situations, age discrimination claims become a major...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Effectively Managing Workforce Contraction in Turbulent Times

Rising inflation, increased costs of capital and the anticipation of a downturn in the economy have caused companies in many industries to begin to implement workforce reorganizations and reductions. In making plans for...more

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Benefit Plan Considerations for Employers in a Market Downturn

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​​​​​​​When markets are unpredictable, employers may be required to make business decisions that can have unanticipated effects on their retirement and health and welfare benefit plans. Employers should keep the following...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employers May Be Reluctant to Reduce Headcount to Address Business Slowdown

​​​​​​​When we talk with clients about their businesses these days, the universal complaint we receive from every type of company is the difficulty they continue to have in attracting and retaining qualified workers. Ever...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Return To Work Series: A New Age For Employers – Managing Your Workforce During Periods Of Uncertainty - October 18th,...

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, employers across all industries have experienced various levels of labor imbalance. For many, this led to a boom in hiring. Now, employers are bracing for economic uncertainty, leading to...more

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Potential Government Shutdown – What Every Federal Contractor Needs to Know

We appear to be on the precipice of a federal government shutdown.  Absent a political compromise, the federal government’s funding will run out on September 30, 2021, and the White House has instructed federal agencies to...more

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Total Recall? Key Takeaways on the Nevada Hospitality and Travel Workers Right to Return Act

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The Governor of Nevada recently signed into law Senate Bill 386, which is Nevada’s version of the trending “return to work” or “right to recall” laws being passed in other jurisdictions throughout the country in response to...more

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EEOC Hosts Virtual Hearing On Civil Rights Implications Of COVID-19 Pandemic In The Workplace

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In its first all-virtual/remote video-cast hearing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discussed workplace civil rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for employees and employers. During the hearing,...more

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WARNing Signs When Building Your Post-Pandemic Workforce

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Beginning with the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, employers were left with little choice but to make tough decisions about the size and composition of their workforce. In many cases, employers were forced to shutter...more

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COVID-19 benching: H-1Bs can’t sit this one out

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to complicate how employers approach temporary layoffs and furloughs spawned by lost revenues and reduced demands for services. As if navigating the employment-based immigration laws...more

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New California Legislation Requires Businesses to Rehire Employees Laid Off During the Pandemic

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On April 16, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 93 (SB 93) – a “rehiring and retention” law. SB 93 creates new Labor Code section 2810.8, which requires certain hospitality businesses to rehire...more

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Right To Recall For Certain California COVID-Impacted Hospitality and Building Services Workers Signed Into Law

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On April 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 93, which granted the right to recall for certain California hospitality and business services workers whose employment has been impacted by COVID-19 through...more

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Employees Laid Off Due To COVID-19 Pandemic Are Given Recall Rights Under New State Law

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Employers in the hotel, event center, airport and private club sectors and those providing services to commercial buildings must now give employees who were laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic preferential recall rights...more

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Relief for Partial Plan Terminations May Be “Too Little, Too Early”

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No one denies that employers confronted a plethora of challenges in 2020, and many had to make difficult decisions to reduce their workforces due to the pandemic. Such reductions in force can implicate a number of business...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

WARN Act COVID-19 Lawsuits on the Rise

Recently, the attorneys responsible for filing a much-publicized Florida class action against Enterprise Rental Car alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) struck again; this time...more

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Recall Rights and Retention Obligations: How Local Ordinances are Changing Workplace Regulation in the COVID-19 Era

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We all remember the shelter-in-place orders of 2020, and the resulting drop in customers for many businesses as the pandemic took its toll throughout the year.  Perhaps we should not have been surprised when the pandemic...more

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You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello . . . But Be Careful On How You Classify Someone On The Way Back In The Door

In 2020, the United States experienced a record-breaking number of unemployment claims. If you had to make the difficult decision to furlough or let employees go due to the coronavirus, you were not alone. As we continue...more

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