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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is the body charged with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. Through much of the coronavirus pandemic, the EEOC took the position that employers could uniformly adopt and implement vira… Read More

Employee handbooks can provide important legal protection for employers. However, imprecise drafting or inattentiveness to legal requirements can undermine the effectiveness of a handbook or create unintended effects. In Chambers v. Catholic Charitie… Read More

As many businesses resume “in-person” operations, a return to the office may not be welcomed by all. An employee who seeks to continue working remotely may assert that telecommuting is a reasonable accommodation for a disability. In some… Read More

According to a 2020 Glassdoor survey, 76% of the job seekers/employees surveyed indicated that a diverse workforce is an important factor when evaluating companies and job offers. And many employers have lauded diversity as an important institutional… Read More

Large corporations with facilities across the globe have systems in place to monitor compliance with local employment and tax laws for the various places where they maintain employees. Smaller U.S. companies with only one or a few locations may be in… Read More

In November, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that would require employers with 100 or more employees to implement a mandatory workplace rule requiring that employees either be… Read More

Last November, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its Emergency Temporary Standard that would require employers with 100 or more employees to implement a mandatory workplace rule that employees either be vaccin… Read More

Last Thursday, the Biden Administration unveiled its OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard – a detailed set of rules requiring mandatory vaccination, or mask-wearing with weekly COVID tests, for employees of companies with 100 or more workers. The rule… Read More