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Archives for April 13, 2021
Recent Updates to CDC N95 Guidance: What Employers Need to Know
On April 9, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its “Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators.” The update includes changes to respirator-provision strategies at Conventional Capacity, Continge
Philadelphia Hotel, Airport Hospitality, and Event Center Businesses Face Significant New Recall and Retention Obligations
Philadelphia has imposed significant new recall and retention obligations on hotel, airport hospitality, and event center businesses as they struggle to recover in this uncertain COVID-19 economy. The new obligations are contained in a legislative package, styled as the Black Workers Matter Economic Recovery Package, which became law in
West Virginia Enacts Legislation to Clarify Worker Classification
Governor Jim Justice recently signed into law Senate Bill 272, the West Virginia Employment Law Workers Classification Act (the “Act”), which goes into effect on June 9, 2021. The legislation provides standards for determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor under certain West Virginia statutes.
California Supreme Court Expands the Reach of the California Prevailing Wage Law
The trend over the last 20 years has been for California’s prevailing wage law to spread to areas previously unimagined. This spread has been due to inexact drafting of the law, constant tinkering by the legislature, and expansive readings of this arcane statute by the courts and agencies charged
5 Key Data Privacy and Security Risks That Arise When Organizations Record Job Interviews & Strategies for Mitigating Them
COVID-19 drove many formerly in-person interactions onto a variety of video conferencing platforms. But as millions of vaccinations are administered each day, and case numbers decline, it’s now possible to imagine and plan for the time when conducting business over video will no longer be mandatory.
For many organizations, though,
America Needs to Empower Workers Again
Unions aren’t obsolete, and we need to get them back.
4 Changes To Expect In The Post-Covid Workplace
We’re entering the era of Workplace 2.0. As we’ve spent the past year working from home, workplace has taken on a new meaning.
Carolyn Hax: She’s avoiding telling co-workers how old her son is
Dear Carolyn: I had my son, “Mark,” when I was 15. I raised him with enormous help from my parents and the father’s parents; the father not so much, but that’s not why I’m writing. I’m very proud of Mark and love him so much.
Amazon avoids a union in Alabama, but scrutiny over labor practices is here to stay
Regulators and the public remain focused on working conditions at Amazon, whether or not any more warehouses try to organize.
More Than 1,500 Alphabet Employees Want Harassment Policy Changes
Employees at Alphabet, the parent company of Google, said they “deserve the right to work in an environment free from their abusers.”
‘Skilled predator’ FBI boss harassed 8 women, watchdog finds
The former top FBI agent in Albany, New York, was a “skilled predator” who harassed eight women in one of the bureau’s most egregious known sexual misconduct cases
Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds
Researchers found the platform’s algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
Understanding and removing bias from the employee review process
Identifying hidden managerial biases will provide all employees a fair review.
A switch to digital efforts points to a hybrid marketing future
Cheri Husney shares how her law firm, Littler, leveraged electronic methods to support its digital marketing efforts amid the pandemic.
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