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If you could design the perfect “Return to Work from COVID-19” HR-compliance presentation…

Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash Ok, confession time. I’ve procrastinated on preparing the slide deck for my upcoming presentation, A Return to Work from COVID-19: EEO and Other Employment Law Considerations,  for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I plan to cover the latest developments on EEO and…

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VIDEO: 2 lawyers explain 4 big changes to the Department of Labor FFCRA regulations

Image by 15675001 from Pixabay Just as I was settling in on Friday evening for a well-deserved lime rickey, I got an email from the U.S. Department of Labor. The email was part of a press release, in which the DOL announced that it had posted revisions to its regulations interpreting…

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An internal DOL audit reveals the three ways in which COVID-19 has hampered the agency

Image by Лечение наркомании from Pixabay Let’s give credit where credit is due. When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division had the unenviable task of creating and implementing supporting guidance, enforcing the law, and tending to all of its…

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A federal court removed FOUR nuts and bolts of FFCRA paid sick leave. But why?!? (And what you need to know!)

Terabass / CC BY-SA A few months ago, I wrote here about a Families First Cornavirus Response Act lawsuit. But, not just any old FFCRA lawsuit. Rather, the State of New York sued the U.S. Department of Labor in federal court to challenge the DOL’s interpretation of the FFCRAbecause it…

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If your employee gets coronavirus ON PURPOSE, can he still get FFCRA leave, FMLA … BOTH?!? 🤔😤🤬

Image by Klaus Hausmann from Pixabay Sorry, I should’ve warned you to grab a fire extinguisher before your head exploded. Two of my favorite employment law / HR blogs inspire today’s post. On Tuesday, over at Ask a Manager, Alison Green posted here about a small-business owner who lamented about…

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Let’s you and I talk about this Miami Marlins / MLB COVID-19 debacle

By Miami Marlins – https://www.mlb.com/marlins, Public Domain, Link And by “you and I,” I mean “me and Jon Hyman.” Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran a story entitled, “Miami Marlins’ Virus Outbreak Throws MLB’s Pandemic Season Into Turmoil.” Among other things, it was reported that Miami Marlins players decided to…

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🚨DORK ALERT!🚨 The DOL answers some nerdy COVID-19 FMLA and FLSA questions.

Image Credit: Pxfuel.com Perhaps they wanted to upstage my triumphant return to Zoom for a COVID-19 HR lunchtime happy hour spectacular, which is this tomorrow at noon EDT (register here). On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new COVID-19 guidance under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and…

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This lawyer can admit when he was wrong. 🤦‍♂️ Just don’t tell anyone, ok? 😉

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay While I sit here and eat a little crow, you be on the lookout for pigs flying. Initially, I had planned to offer some employment law takes on ViacomCBS dropping Nick Cannon over anti-semitic remarks. I think I’ll get to that tomorrow. Today, I want…

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We see you, Pennsylvania Department of Health. We see what you did there.

Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/governortomwolf/49680653921 //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Last week, I posted here about how several states, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Health posted this information on its “COVID-19 Information for Travelers.” Here’s what it said on July 2, 2020 (my…