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Two Neighboring States Recently Joined a Growing Movement to Provide Paid Family Leave
Maryland and Delaware recently joined the growing list of states that have enacted legislation requiring employers to offer paid family and medical leave. Both states are still working on implementing regulations for the new laws; but, in the meantime, below…
EEOC Issues Guidance on Using Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process
At our 31st Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar, there was a panel discussion regarding the War for Talent. As part of that presentation, we reviewed some of the new and creative application processes that employers are adopting to…
American Motion Sickness: The Seesaw of Labor Availability
Despite our best attempts to suppress the memory, we all remember it well. Just over two years ago, the pandemic triggered state-ordered shutdowns. Our economy obviously slowed to a crawl, and employers everywhere immediately found themselves with surplus workers. The…
Allegheny County Paid Sick Leave Ordinance – Take Two
In January, we wrote about Allegheny County’s paid sick leave regulations that took effect in December 2021. Now, we write to tell you that the regulations have changed. The change will affect only one key industry – construction.
When the…
Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Claims
Many employers require their workers to sign arbitration agreements at the outset of employment, and it’s no wonder why. These agreements allow employers to require arbitration of many employment-related disputes, rather than participate in lengthy, expensive lawsuits.
On February 10,…
OSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing ETS
By Andrew L. Levy & Bill Boak
As explained in our previous post, on January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court blocked the OSHA vaccination or testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) pending full consideration of the matter by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In…
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination or Test ETS, Allows Separate Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers to Take Effect
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued hotly anticipated decisions on two federal government vaccine requirements in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In a 6-3 decision, the Court blocked the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) issued by the Occupational…
Allegheny County’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Takes Effect
Allegheny County recently enacted an ordinance requiring paid sick leave for covered employees (joining the cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which already have paid sick leave ordinances on the books). The ordinance took effect on December 15, and requires certain…
Sixth Circuit Dissolves Stay of OSHA ETS, Permitting OSHA to Resume Implementation of ETS
By Andrew L. Levy & Bill Boak
On December 17, 2021, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) that had previously…