Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay About a week ago, I blogged here about the White House’s three-step plan to reopen America. Slowly, the states are following suit by unveiling their own phased programs. Locally, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania updated its “Process to Reopen Pennsylvania” over the weekend. And, yesterday,…
Image Credit: Maialisa (pixabay.com) Remember back in January, when I told you that restrictive covenants would be the most significant employment law issues for employers in 2020? Well, boy, was I wrong! COVID-19 has locked up this year’s title. However, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Yesterday, in part two of the “types of COVID-19 lawsuits that employers can expect” series, I wrote here about a Families First Coronavirus Response Act lawsuit. An employee-plaintiff alleged that her former employer interfered with and retaliated against her for exercising her rights under the…
Image by Prawny from Pixabay The paint has barely dried on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and we already have our first lawsuit. And it’s right in my backyard. The quickest of FFCRA recaps The FFCRA, which took effect on April 1, 2020, requires certain employers to provide their…
Image Credit: geralt (pixabay.com) Over the past few weeks, I’ve been compiling a Google Drive folder full of coronavirus-related employment lawsuits that plaintiffs have filed in federal courts across the country. For the rest of this week, I’m going to profile a few of them so that you know what…
By Archimëa – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link On Friday, the Department of Labor ended its temporary non-enforcement of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. But, yesterday, it left employers with a little parting gift. Before I unwrap the present for you, let’s start with a little lesson on…
photo by Natasha Spencer from Pexels and TotalShape.com Late last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance on what employers should know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. I went ahead and highlighted for you the updated portions of the EEOC Guidance. But,…
daImage Credit: Whitehouse.gov Let’s check out this three-phase plan and see what it means for your business. Gameday! Before I explain the White House plan, I want to remind you that today at Noon EDT on Zoom, we’re going to test your COVID-19 HR knowledge in a game of JEOPARDY!…
Image by Fathromi Ramdlon from Pixabay Cue the music. I’ve had to counsel many employers on layoffs and furloughs and such during this COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the number of impacted employees, that conversation can involve the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. What is WARN? In a…
Image Credit: https://publicdomainvectors.org/en/free-clipart/Six-family-members-vector-silhouette/74023.html You’d think that New Jersey would have one of the nation’s most generous family leave laws in the country. That’s how NJ touts it. But, in many ways, it’s less generous than even the Family and Medical Leave Act. For example, the New Jersey Family Leave Act…