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Remote Working Employer Responsibilities Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Alabama Enacts 30-Day Exemption to Imposition of Individual Income Tax

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased remote work, multistate income tax and payroll tax withholding responsibilities have received heightened consideration nationwide. Employers keen on retaining and attracting...more

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Wage and Hour Around the Corner: From Zoom to Room Staying on Solid Legal Grounds with a Remote Staff or an Office Return

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The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Reimbursing California Remote Employees' Expenses: Obligation Confirmed

Reimbursing employees for job-related expenses has become a hot-button issue with so many employees working remotely and even on-site employees communicating with their employers by way of their personal cell phones. The...more

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Court of Appeal Clarifies Employers’ Expense Reimbursement Obligations for Pandemic-Related Remote Work

California Labor Code section 2802 (“Section 2802”) requires employers to reimburse employees for “all necessary expenditures or losses” they incur as a “direct consequence of the discharge of … [their] duties, or … [their]...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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Must Companies Reimburse Employees for Home Office Expenses?

Over the past several weeks, employees have filed a number of class action claims in California alleging that their employers failed to pay expenses associated with their home working arrangements, in violation of state law....more

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Das Ende von 3G und Home-Office-Pflicht am Arbeitsplatz – Wie geht es jetzt weiter?

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Die Einführung der 3G-Regelung am Arbeitsplatz im November 2021 hat für viele rechtliche und praktische Fragen gesorgt. Am 19. März 2022 ist die 3G-Regelung ausgelaufen. Darüber hinaus haben die Bundesregierung und der...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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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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Covid Expansion of Permit for Employees to Work Overtime

Omicron is taking control of the labor market in Israel. Many employees are stuck at home in quarantine (or are ill). At the same time, there is still plenty of work. As a result, and in order to enable the Israeli economy to...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

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1. HOMEOFFICE UND INFEKTIONSSCHUTZGESETZ - Seit dem 24. November 2021 gilt das geänderte Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG). Zunächst befristet bis zum 19. März 2022 gilt nunmehr gem. § 26b Abs. 4 IfSG auch wieder die Pflicht...more

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UK COVID-19: Dealing with flexible working requests post COVID-19

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As a result of the UK government’s decision in the summer to lift restrictions in respect of office working, employers across the country have been re-opening their doors and encouraging their workforce to return to the...more

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UK Covid-19: Workplace testing: Is it good for employers’ health?

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The government is encouraging employers to regularly test their employees for Covid-19. This article looks at some of the implications of introducing a workplace testing regime and suggests an alternative approach to...more

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Policies and Practical Tips to Prepare for a Hybrid Work Culture

Prior to the pandemic, companies allowed remote work sparingly and where necessary because of the location of certain key players in other states or countries. Many employers felt that remote work was not practical, citing...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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Workforce Management Tips for Post-COVID Re-Opening Plans

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As you reopen, give serious thought to job responsibilities, compensation packages, company policies, re-hiring former employees in a non-discriminatory way, and more. Almost four in ten of all the U.S.jobs lost since...more

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The Great Reopening: Considerations for Employers as Employees Begin to Travel and Return to the Office

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The COVID-19 global pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge for U.S. employers over the past 12+ months. Among other things, pandemic-containment policies and best practices limited business and personal travel. ...more

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Regulan el trabajo en casa en Colombia

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El 12 de mayo de 2021, el Congreso de Colombia expidió la Ley 2088 de 2021 por la cual se regula el trabajo en casa, de la cual exponemos los principales asuntos a tener en cuenta a continuación. El trabajo en casa habilita a...more

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[Webinar] Back to the Office: Legal Considerations for California Employers - May 20th, 10:00 am - 10:45 am PT

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More than a year after COVID-19 was deemed a pandemic, employers are transitioning greater numbers of employees back to the workplace. As organizations return their workforce to the office, it is important to have the right...more

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Opening For Business? Your Return-To-Work Policies Answered

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As vaccine distribution becomes widespread, and employees begin to return to work, we continue to field questions related to return-to-office plans in a post pandemic world. We previously compiled a list of FAQs, addressing...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Die betriebliche Mitbestimmung im Home-Office

WAS GILT ES ZU BEACHTEN? 1. DIE AUSGANGSLAGE – DIE CORONA-PANDEMIE ALS ANLASS FÜR HOMEOFFICE-ARBEIT - Homeoffice und vor allem Mobile Office wurden schon vor der Corona-Pandemie von einigen Arbeitgebern ermöglicht,...more

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Best practices for ending pandemic-related work-from-home arrangements

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Many employers turned to telework during the pandemic. Many will tell you these arrangements were not perfect, but were necessary to survive unprecedented circumstances. My clients often changed — or were forced to change —...more

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Funny You Should Ask: Not So Common Employment Questions

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As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues. In this (our first) edition of Funny You Should Ask, we address three...more

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Home Office and Mobile Work: Status quo, Corona-ArbSchV and Outlook (Germany)

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We have now been back in a "hard lockdown" since mid-December 2020. Even when the so-called "lockdown lite" was decided, the German Chancellor and the heads of government of the German states called on companies to (re)enable...more

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