1/26/2021 10:26:09 PM New York State provides supplemental guidance for its paid quarantine leave By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Leora Grushka As we previously reported, on March 18, 2020, New York State passed a law providing job protection and benefits to certain employees...
1/25/2021 8:13:41 PM DOL stops enforcing Executive Order 13950 on diversity training By Michael Correll Joseph Mammone The Biden administration issued new guidance immediately following his Jan. 20 inauguration abrogating former U.S. President Trump’s...
1/22/2021 2:40:56 PM New York employers may be “exposed” to COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims By Mark Goldstein Leora Grushka In September 2020, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) issued guidance related to COVID-19 claims and their compensability...
1/15/2021 9:26:57 AM Implications of Brexit for UK employment law By David Ashmore Carlene Nicol 2021 marks the start of a new era for the UK, the Brexit transition period having ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. After endless rounds...
1/14/2021 9:31:54 PM Virginia set to enact permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard By Betty Graumlich Mark Passero Noah Oberlander On January 13, 2021, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s (DOLI’s) Safety and Health Codes Board voted 9-4 to approve a...
1/7/2021 12:05:03 AM U.S. Department of Labor finalizes rule creating a new “reality” for classifying independent contractors By Mark Goldstein Leora Grushka As we previously reported, this past September the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would create a uniform...
1/5/2021 10:12:23 PM Pandemic or not, employers must still comply with notice-posting requirements under federal law By Mark Goldstein Leora Grushka Federal law, as well as many state and local laws, require employers to display notices and posters in the workplace advising employees...