Human resource departments have extensive record-keeping obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the...
While the fate of the federal government’s OSHA mandate remains in question as it sits in the 6th Circuit Court, employers are left wondering what to do next....
We’re not finished with OSHA’s vaccine mandate standard simply because the 5th Circuit slapped a stay on it. The 6th Circuit Court, which has been chosen to hear the...
OSHA’s new COVID Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) have sent businesses into a scramble trying to adjust and prepare for the deadlines, though recent court cases...
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard — a/k/a/ the vaccine mandate — hit the Office of the Federal Register. Employers have been waiting with anticipation and the...
The EEOC recently updated its guidance on mandatory COVID vaccinations and their interplay with the ADA and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Now it has...
The EEOC has been at the forefront of issuing guidance about the relationship between covid, vaccinations, and the workplace. However, with things constantly changing,...
Maybe you’ve encountered employees who won’t tell you their covid vaccination status because they say you’re infringing on their medical privacy. Nothing could be...
While most organizations with 15 or more workers know they are subject to the terms of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), confusion sometimes exists...
A jury has ordered Tesla, the electric car maker, to pay a contract worker $137 million for the race discrimination and harassment he suffered at the hands of Tesla...
Houston Methodist Hospital was the first health care employer to be sued for giving employees an ultimatum: Get the covid-19 vaccine or get a new job. It fired more than...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps people with disabilities receive the same rights and equal opportunity as everyone else. At the heart of the ADA, as it...
There is no firm timetable yet, but OSHA will soon be rolling out its emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their...
Whether salesman Frank makes daily business calls or administrative assistant Megan transports colleagues to quarterly training sessions, employees must understand their...
Educators from high school to college know when kids crib their assignments from the web. And it seems to be going the same way with claims of religious exemption from...
OSHA’s upcoming emergency temporary standard mandating vaccines for tens of millions of employees won’t reach smaller employers. It will only cover employers with...
Now that a particle or two of dust has settled from last Thursday’s announcement that OSHA will write an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all employers...
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration took an important step when it gave permanent approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine. This will hopefully be...
Questions about vaccinations and vaccine mandates are a buzz in workplaces across the country. One of the biggest questions we’re hearing is if you can require...
