Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pennsylvania businesses with employees who report to the office will need to update their workplace policies in light of some new rules effective this week. On Tuesday, Dr. Rachel Levine announced (here) several new COVID-19 restrictions, two of…
Image by 政徳 吉田 from Pixabay Who loves you? Slide deck: A Return to Work from COVID-19: EEO and Other Employment Law Considerations – BOOM! Webinar: Covid-19 claims and lawsuits; Prepare your business today for potential lawsuits tomorrow – Let’s goooooooo! Plus, get 40 credits worth of HR virtual learning…
Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay Well, that depends. 😉 It depends on the state in which you are employed. Some states haven’t legalized medical marijuana. So, you’re SOL if you work in one of them. Others that have legalized medical marijuana have clear laws that permit employees fired for having…
vargas2040, Cropped by OsamaK / CC BY-SA You get emergency paid sick leave! You get emergency paid sick leave! You get emergency paid sick leave! Ok, so maybe Oprah had nothing to do with Public Health Emergency Leave, a bill that provides up to two weeks of paid sick leave…
Paul Sherlock / CC BY-SA Yesterday, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued this 66-page blockbuster decision, in which he concluded, among other things, that Governor Wolf violated the United States Constitution with orders closing “non-life-sustaining” businesses otherwise and directing Pennsylvanians to stay at home. A 66-page opinion does not lend itself to…
Chris Potter / CC BY An employer may find itself in hot water for firing an employee absent with COVID-19 symptoms — even a low-grade fever — regardless of whether s/he is eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. How do I know this? Well, the other…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed…
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…
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…
Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay As part of return-to-work from COVID-19, sadly, some employees are not going to return to work. I’m not talking about those situations in which an employee refuses to return. That’s a different post for a different day. No, I’m thinking about a situation in…