Workplace Initiatives and Strategies for Employers
New Jersey Law Protects Employees Who Must Take Time Off Because of COVID-19 and Issue Executive Order Limiting Business Operations
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Amid a flurry of Executive Orders coming from his office, on March 19 Governor Cuomo signed into law a new statute requiring employers to provide quarantine leave to employees who are subject to mandatory or precautionary quarantine or isolation orders…
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued a new emergency order today, March 23, 2020, concerning the continued operations of “essential services,” the closure of certain workplaces, and revised assemblage restrictions (the “Order”). Below is a non-exhaustive list of key provisions of…
New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Final Say on Workplace Protections for Employee Medical Cannabis Use
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New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Final Say on Workplace Protections for Employee Medical Cannabis Use
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Virginia and Colorado are now the fourth and fifth states, respectively, and Montgomery County, Maryland is the first local government to ban hair discrimination. The bans in all three jurisdictions clarify that discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or texture…
Labor and Employment Counsel Ira Shepard Discusses Human Resources and The Courts
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Today, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) is issuing a much anticipated final rule providing guidance on determining whether two employers are “joint employers” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”).
The joint employer standard determines…
More than 2,000 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in federal courts each year in 2018 and 2019, alerting business owners of the rising trend in website accessibility litigation. This trend is not going to slow down, as the U.S. Supreme…
Mandatory Severance Payments, Longer Notice Periods and Other Key Provisions of the 2020 New Jersey Warn Act
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