9/29/2021 11:23:40 AM Employees in France who fail to present a health pass risk having their employment contract suspended By Séverine Martel Fanny Molla In France, a health pass[1] must be presented in certain places or events where there is a high risk of COVID-19 being contracted (e.g....
9/28/2021 5:59:00 PM Help! We have had a major influx in religious accommodation requests from our mandatory vaccine policy By Emily Harbison Michael Lombardino Abby Kotun Mandatory vaccine policies became even more of a scorching hot topic after the Biden Administration announced its Path Out of the...
9/23/2021 4:19:12 PM COVID-19 SSP Rebate Scheme due to end on 30 September 2021 By David Ashmore Amy Treppass The COVID-19 SSP Rebate Scheme launched by the Government in May 2020 as part of a package of COVID-related financial support for...
9/20/2021 10:14:24 PM Vaccination requirements have arrived for all federal and many state employees and health care workers By Emily Harbison Michael Lombardino Jessyka Linton Recently, we posted about President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan, “Path out of the Pandemic” (the Memo). To recap: the Memo instructs...
9/17/2021 12:49:45 PM Ninth Circuit rules to lift preliminary injunction on California’s ban on mandatory employee arbitration agreements By Michele Gehrke Mara Curtis Brandon Nhan Nhan A split Ninth Circuit panel vacated a 2020 preliminary injunction that blocked the enforcement of California’s A.B. 51, which prohibits...
9/16/2021 9:33:45 PM Overview of several new workplace laws Texas employers should know about following the recent legislative sessions By Paulo McKeeby Michael Lombardino The Texas Legislature has been quite busy over the most recent regular and two specially-called legislative sessions. It adjourned its...
9/13/2021 8:15:54 PM It continues: Virginia updates its permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard By Betty Graumlich Noah Oberlander On August 26, 2021, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s (DOLI’s) Safety and Health Codes Board (Board) voted 8 to 5 to update...
9/10/2021 5:27:01 PM Biden announces major COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employers By Emily Harbison John McDonald Saranne Weimer Eduardo Vargas +1 more... Show less On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden issued a memorandum, “Path Out of the Pandemic” (the Memo), announcing a six-pronged...
9/9/2021 11:04:38 PM FAQs on US employee privacy issues related to the COVID-19 vaccine By Sarah Bruno Michael Lombardino Brad Rostolsky In addition to the issue of mandated COVID-19 vaccine policies, employers must also manage the related privacy risks. Below are some of...
9/7/2021 9:30:29 PM BREAKING: New York HERO Act prevention plans must be implemented following the state’s designation of COVID-19 as an “airborne infectious disease” By Cindy Minniti Alexandra Manfredi As we have previously reported, several months ago, New York enacted the HERO Act, a sweeping overhaul of the state’s workplace health...
9/2/2021 4:03:59 PM Practical steps to ensure compliance with Texas’ robust new sexual harassment laws By Emily Harbison Michael Lombardino Jessyka Linton On July 6, 2021, we released a blog post on Texas’ new sexual harassment laws, which became effective September 1, 2021. These laws...