Yatko / CC BY-SA You’ve hit the trifecta! CDC says exposed employees can sometimes remain at work If you operate an essential business, then stop and read this. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with some new interim guidance on safety practices for workers who…
Joe Ravi / CC BY-SA Last week, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued this age discrimination opinion. The opinion focuses on age bias in a federal government workplace, which is a small portion of folks that read this blog. But, there are a few takeaways for the rest of you.…
Phil Murphy / CC BY I blinked last week to focus on FFCRA. And wouldn’t you know it, New Jersey passed more employment legislation. This time, it’s COVID-19 related. But, before I focus on New Jersey and lose everyone else, I want to tell you about this CARES Act Paycheck…
Image Credit: https://libreshot.com/apple-and-measuring-tape/ Sound good to you? On Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted a webinar addressing questions arising under any of the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar was mainly the A to a bunch of Q’s that people like you submitted…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com We’re doing things a bit differently today. Over the weekend, in honor of my 44th birthday, the U.S. Department of Labor updated its Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers. And now we have answers to the following questions: ✔ What is a “health care provider”?…
Videoplasty.com / CC BY-SA It only took me two bottles of NoDoz and a Five Hour Energy chaser to get through the CARES Act, that 880-page behemoth that the Senate passed on Wednesday night. But, before I shower and search for my classiest Simpsons T-shirt to wear for today’s Facebook…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18, 2020. In Section 5103 of the FFCRA (right here in the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act section), it says that “[n]ot later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act,…
License to use Creative Commons Zero – CC0 – Pikrepo.com I can’t help but notice that many of you are confused about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. A few of you with whom I have communicated have been getting different answers to the same question from different employment lawyers.…
Image by Alexey Hulsov from Pixabay In the past several days, many states have issued stay-at-home orders. Here is a list of them from CNN. These orders vary, and no one is literally locked in their homes. But, the gist is that affected citizens should stay at home unless they…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com To be honest, I expected that if I ever made the marquee, it would be for other reasons. Like being an animated co-star in a reboot of The Simpsons Movie. But, I’m a little punchy from reading literally 500-1000 reader questions for today’s chat, so I’ll take…