Image Credit: Photofunia.com Spoiler Alert: Not much. But, since President Biden’s signature later this week will be the finishing touch on making his American Rescue Plan law, I’ll break it down for you anyway. FFCRA remains voluntary. If your private-sector business has fewer than 500 employees, you can continue to…
elsaolofsson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons and Cannabis News No, today isn’t “Bring Your Bong To Work” Day. That’s tomorrow. But the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is finally conceding in this memo that marijuana use may not be a concern when considering the suitability or fitness of…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Spoiler alert: No. (Well, actually, it depends.) Certainly not under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which sunset on December 31, 2020. Even for covered employers that voluntarily provide FFCRA benefits through March 31, the answer is still no. There’s nothing in the FFCRA that…
Image Credit: @NJGov on Twitter Well, it depends. ***ducks rotten tomatoes*** Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills into law, “legalizing and regulating cannabis use and possession for adults 21 years and older (A21 – “The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act”) and decriminalizing…
Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay Good question. Oh, you want me to answer? Fine, I’m up to it. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — perhaps you’ve heard of them — updated this guidance entitled “When You Can be Around Others After You Had…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay It’s week 98 of quarantine, many of you are working from home, and the boss isn’t around. So, you’ve got really got no excuse to miss The Employer Handbook Office Hour today on Zoom at Noon ET, for which you can still register here…
Image by Hayley Zacha from Pixabay I wonder if, in light of their recently-proposed rules, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would consider a joint a small enough incentive from employers to encourage their employees to participate in a company wellness program. Are you high, Eric? Not really, other than…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Last week, I shared with you eight ways that President Biden changed employment law on Day One. It took me a while to cobble together that post. So, I was kind of hoping that “46” would take a few days off or something so that…
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Oh, I was just asking. I thought you knew. Ok, let’s start over. Since I did read this opinion and, apparently, it’s my job to do the ‘splaining around here. Just don’t accuse me of blog-splaining. Anyway, according to the plaintiff, an employee of a…
party supplies by Made by Made from the Noun Project Pay attention, you two! Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dusted the cobwebs off the old EEO-1 component survey and set some deadlines for the 2020 EEO-1 filing and — wait for it — 2019’s EEO-1 filing too! Cue…