This week many employers made the decision to mandate vaccination policies for their employees. Disney, Uber, Microsoft, and Walmart are some of the larger employers in the news this week that are requiring all or some of their employees to be vaccinated in order to return to the workplace.
Federal and California law make it
(Thanks to Veenita Raj who co-wrote this week’s Friday’s Five)
An employer’s obligation to provide mandatory paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ended on December 31, 2020. The FFCRA applies to employers with 500 or fewer employees. The payroll tax credits for employers who voluntarily decided to continue
Legislation at the federal and state level this month changed many paid sick leave regulations for California employers. California employers could be subject to at least five different paid sick leave laws spanning federal law, state law, state-regulations, and local government regulations. As employers reopen in California, it is important to review the various paid
On January 26, 2021, Los Angeles County extended the Los Angeles County COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to continue “until two weeks after the expiration of the COVID-19 local emergency as ratified and declared by the Board.” The new ordinance also retroactively applies to businesses starting on January 1, 2021. The new ordinance differs
Three days into his term, President Biden signed executive orders and set forth plans for how employers should respond to issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five actions by President Biden this week that stand to have a major impact on employers across the U.S.:
1. Within two weeks of January 21, 2021, OSHA
As employees are just beginning to return to work, or employers are making plans to reopen pursuant to California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy,” it is a good time to review the various paid sick leave laws that were implemented during the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as the paid sick leave laws that were already
As August comes to a close there are major developments for California employers. Of primary note, the Governor set forth a new four-tiered system plan for businesses to reopen, which becomes effective on Monday, August 31, 2020. There was additional DOL guidance issued this week regarding the FFCRA and paid leave once schools reopen, a
On April 1, 2020, the Department of Labor issued its Final Rule implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), pursuant to the authority it was granted under the law to issue regulations the implement the statute. The State of New York filed a lawsuit (State of New York v. United States Department of Labor,
This week’s Friday’s Five is reexamining the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and four new issues addressed by the DOL on July 20, 2020. Plus, (because I needed an additional point to make this five points), I reexamine the DOL’s definition of “individual” as used in qualifying reason number three for EPSLA. Many employers
A common question posed to me this past week was what types of lawsuits should employers be concerned about once the economy begins to reopen. I figured that the California economy is slowly reopening, so I should start writing my Friday’s Five lists again – so here are the top five areas of concern I