You may consider yourself an open-minded and accepting individual, but some of your customers may have different views when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues and human...
Although it makes for a good political headline, nothing is free.
Group health plans are required to cover the cost of over-the-counter covid test kits, up to eight...
It’s a new year with new rules. New laws and court rulings have changed the already complicated Human Resource landscape for California employers. Recent...
Most of OSHA’s covid vaccinate-or-test-and-mask mandate is officially dead. Nevertheless, OSHA is still encouraging employers to institute their own shot mandates. And...
In response to the Supreme Court’s smackdown of the mandate for private employers, OSHA has now withdrawn a portion of it. However, the story doesn’t necessarily...
Not even a week has passed since the Supreme Court heard arguments on OSHA’s vaccine mandate. The court considered two mandates—one for private employers with 100+...
Last week it snowed hard in the Mid-Atlantic region, notably south of Washington, D.C., where Politico reported Sen. Tim Kaine (D.–Va.) was stuck in his car on I-95...
OSHA’s vaccine mandate continues to cause stress and frustration for employers, employees, and many more. Recently, packs of lawyers have begun descending on the...
Marijuana or cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Marijuana is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Drugs on Schedule I have no...
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...
