03/18/2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which extends tax credits for private employers with 499 or fewer U.S. employees that voluntarily decide to provide emergency paid sick and/or family leave according to the otherwise-expired standards in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act's (FFCRA) Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) and Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA).more

03/10/2021

A federal district court in California tossed a woman's claim that her husband's employer was liable for causing her to contract COVID-19 by failing to maintain adequate safety standards.more

03/08/2021

On March 6, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed its version of President Biden's "American Rescue Plan" by a vote of 50-49 (Vice President Kamala Harris was prepared to cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the bill).more

03/05/2021

Everyone works differently than they did before the coronavirus. In these new conditions, many old work rules look and feel outdated. Formal or informal, they do not work because they fit circumstances that do not exist anymore.more

03/01/2021

On February 25, 2021, Wisconsin enacted a new law designed to help reduce ambiguity regarding liability relating to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).more

03/01/2021

Employers have long used noncompete agreements as a way to protect confidential information, guard against losing customers and limit competition.more

02/22/2021

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. To that end, this chart provides links to state agency websites, vaccine allocation plans, and other guidance related to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as basic vaccination plan phases.more

01/27/2021

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. To that end, this chart provides links to state agency websites, vaccine allocation plans, and other guidance related to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as basic vaccination plan phases.more

01/15/2021

A new lawsuit says an employer used the COVID-induced economic downturn as an opportunity to illegally terminate a longtime employee who complained about allegedly unfair pay practices and other company conduct.more

01/06/2021

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide at least 60 calendar days advance written notice of a plant closing and mass layoff at a single employment site.more

01/04/2021

While most of us were getting ready to ring in the New Year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was staying busy at work on New Year's Eve.more

01/04/2021

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. To that end, this chart provides links to state agency websites, vaccine allocation plans, and other guidance related to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as basic vaccination plan phases.more

01/04/2021

Human resource professionals are already running at full speed trying to keep up with the seismic changes brought on by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.more