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California Workplace Law Blog

The City of Oakland Extends its Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

By Erika Barbara Pickles

January 25, 2021

Joining other counties and cities in California, the City of Oakland voted to extend its Emergency Paid Sick Leave ordinance into 2021. The amended ordinance applies retroactively to December 31, 2020, and will remain in effect until the City’s Declaration of COVID-19 Emergency expires. The amended ordinance applies to all employers that have employees working in the City of Oakland, with the exception of certain smaller employers that are exempt from the ordinance’s requirements. No…

Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

NLRB Approves Workplace Social Media Policy Limiting Employees’ Online Communications

By Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi

January 25, 2021

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a split decision 2-1, approved a California-based ambulance company’s implementation of a social media policy that prohibited employees from “inappropriate communications” related to the company. The NLRB’s ruling reversed a decision by an administrative law judge, back in October 2019, that concluded that the company’s social media policy was overly broad and infringed on worker’s rights established in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Key aspects of…

Litigators at Work

Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Contractually Shortened Limitations Period for Claims Under ADA, ADEA

By Emily M. Petroski & Franceska N. Edinger

January 24, 2021

The statute of limitation periods in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) give rise to substantive, non-waivable rights rendering a contractually shortened limitation period unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has held. Thompson v. Fresh Products, LLC, No. 20-3060 (Jan. 15, 2021). Click here to read the full article on the Jackson Lewis website.…

Litigators at Work

President Biden Names Charlotte Burrows as EEOC Chair

By Paul Patten

January 24, 2021

One day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that he has named current EEOC Commissioner Charlotte A. Burrows Chair of the EEOC and Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels Vice Chair of the EEOC. Click here to read the full article on the Jackson Lewis website.…

Litigators at Work

EEOC: Non-U.S. Citizen Employees Working Abroad May Be Excluded from OWBPA Disclosures

By Nadine C. Abrahams & Stephanie L. Adler-Paindiris

January 24, 2021

For years, U.S. employers with international operations have struggled to understand their obligations under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) when implementing reductions-in-force and group layoffs. In a January 14, 2021, formal opinion letter, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) clarified that non-U.S. citizen employees working abroad may be excluded from OWBPA disclosures because such individuals are not “employees” for purposes of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). Significantly, this…

Immigration Blog

Update: DACA, DED and TPS

By Forrest G. Read IV

January 24, 2021

On his first day in office, President Joseph R. Biden signed a memorandum for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security ordering them to preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy (DACA). DACA was instituted by President Obama, terminated by President Trump, and restored by the judiciary. With this proclamation, it seems clear that the government should at least return DACA to the status quo ante and continue to follow …

Benefits Law Advisor

What Took So Long? Democrats Quickly Introduce Pension Relief Bill

By Robert R. Perry & David M. Pixley

January 24, 2021

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021 (EPPRA) on January 21, 2021. EPPRA represents the latest legislative attempt to address the well-documented multiemployer pension crisis. EPPRA is significant in that it is the first legislation introduced by Chairman Neal under the Biden administration, signaling a possible renewed emphasis on solving the multiemployer pension crisis by the incoming administration. (A summary of EPPRA is available.)…

Litigators at Work

EEOC Revises Guidance on Religious Discrimination in the Workplace

By Paul Patten, Michelle E. Phillips & Caitlin L. O’Fallon

January 22, 2021

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved revisions to its Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Guidance). The revised Guidance, approved on January 15, 2021, draws upon several U.S. Supreme Court opinions issued since the agency’s last significant update to its guidelines in 2008. Click here to read the rest of the article on the Jackson Lewis website.…

OSHA Law Blog

Additional Guidance for Cal OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

By Cressinda D. Schlag

January 22, 2021

In November, California quietly approved the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (“Cal OSHA”) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). Almost immediately, Cal OSHA’s ETS caused significant confusion and challenges for employers, who were already struggling with countless federal, state, and local requirements pertaining to COVID-19. Cal OSHA’s ETS also appeared to create new and different notification obligations for COVID-19 cases than those already provided for under AB 685 and standing health officer orders, and…

California Workplace Law Blog

Additional Guidance for Cal OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

By Cressinda D. Schlag

January 22, 2021

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The City of Oakland Extends its Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

NLRB Approves Workplace Social Media Policy Limiting Employees’ Online Communications

Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Contractually Shortened Limitations Period for Claims Under ADA, ADEA

President Biden Names Charlotte Burrows as EEOC Chair

EEOC: Non-U.S. Citizen Employees Working Abroad May Be Excluded from OWBPA Disclosures

Update: DACA, DED and TPS

What Took So Long? Democrats Quickly Introduce Pension Relief Bill

EEOC Revises Guidance on Religious Discrimination in the Workplace

Additional Guidance for Cal OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

Additional Guidance for Cal OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

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