Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week, Governor Phil Murphy announced that he had signed A681 into law, which expands the scope of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) — already one of the most comprehensive anti-discrimination laws in the country — by providing protections against age discrimination…
Image Credit: Piqsels.com Yes, I think I did. So, I’ll let you in on it. In September, President Biden signed an Executive Order requiring federal employees to get vaccinated as a condition of employment. This week, the federal government updated its Frequently Asked Questions for Vaccinations for federal sector workers.…
Image Credit (Insomnia Cured Here on Flickr) //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js If what I’m about to share with you is true, this employer needs to whip out its checkbook and settle this EEOC lawsuit right away before things go from bad to worse. Last week, the EEOC announced that it had sued a…
The original uploader was Bando26 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I’ve got good news and bad news. There’s good news if you’re still clutching your pearls over some employee suing for failing to accommodate his disability around the start of the pandemic in 2020. If the…
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay No, I’m not making this up. And, spoiler alert, 🥴 As I meant to tell you on Tuesday, another reason that courts don’t overturn an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy is that they’ll generally defer to lawmakers to decide whether employers should have that power.…
pregnant woman by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project Days Since Last COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Post: One Zero. A little over a month ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially recommended vaccinations for all women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become…
medical form by Linseed Studio from the Noun Project I think we all need a break from the COVID-19 vaccination posts. So, let’s address your second-favorite HR topic: FMLA leave administration!!! Hey, put down that bottle! It’s only 8 am. I’ve got a not-so-hypothetical for you. Let’s say that you…
SELF Magazine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, I read two more decisions (here and here) from federal judges evaluating mandatory vaccination policies. Both involved attempts by plaintiffs to obtain a preliminary injunction to avoid getting the jab. One involved a student at a public university; the other involved…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay If your company (regardless of employee headcount) performs work on federal government contracts, then the government has some additional information for you on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and masking. And I’m here to fill you in on the three high points. Covered contractors must ensure…
Henning Schlottmann (User:H-stt), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Over at the FisherBroyles Employment Law Blog, my partner, Amy Epstein Gluck, wrote here about a recent federal court finding that a Catholic school could not avoid discrimination claims after firing a gay teacher from a secular position. Serendipitously, I just…