Amendments to New York’s Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act) give the state Department of Labor more time, until July 5, 2021, to create industry-specific model safety standards and to clarify when employers must implement required airborne infectious disease prevention plans.
Archives for June 14, 2021
Emilia Arutunian Discusses Jackson Lewis’ Harassment Training Program for California Brewers
Emilia Arutunian discusses the firm’s upcoming sexual harassment prevention training program for the San Diego Brewers Guild in “San Diego Brewers Guild to offer training to craft breweries after sexual harassment allegations,” published by The San Diego Union-Tribune.
VIDEO: EEOC Guidance on Mandating and Incentivizing Vaccines
Mandating and incentivizing vaccines remains a complicated and controversial topic. Nexsen Pruet’s Bridget Blinn-Spears breaks down what the new EEOC guidance means for businesses and employees.
“5th Circuit Rejects Fired Transgender Employee’s Bias Claim,” HRLaws.com
Jacob Pritt, an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the New Orleans office, authored the HRLaws.com article “5th Circuit Rejects Fired Transgender Employee’s Bias Claim.”
OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare and Updates Guidance for All Industries
The long-awaited response from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to COVID-19 is finally here! On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) focusing on protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19, along with updated guidance for general industry to assist employers whose workers are not yet vaccinated. Both the ETS and the guidance follow the most recent guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so none of these regulations should come as a surprise.
Pritt Authors HRLaws.com Article on Transgender Employee Bias
Jacob Pritt, an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the New Orleans office, authored the HRLaws.com article “5th Circuit Rejects Fired Transgender Employee’s Bias Claim.”
Legal 500 Recognizes FordHarrison in 2021 for Immigration and Labor and Employment Disputes
FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized for its work in two practice areas, including Immigration and Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States. The Legal 500 is a guide to commercial law firms in the United States and it conducts extensive research on lawyers it considers, including interviewing clients.
Will Cal-OSHA’s Third Attempted Revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standards Be A Charm or a Strike-Out?
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Cal-OSHA’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held a special meeting to discuss new guidance from the California Department of Public Health as specifically related to face coverings in the workplace. See June 7 letter by CDPH-Letter (2), letter by Tomas J. Aragon, MD DrPH, Director and State Health Officer of the California Department of Public Health. At the end of the meeting, the Board elected to withdraw the revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) previously issued on June 3. Two days later, on the evening of Friday, June 11 Cal-OSHA posted revised ETS. These are the third revisions to the proposed standards in less than a month. The board will consider these revisions on June 17 and until then, the original standards adopted in November of 2020 will remain in effect. Fingers crossed the third time will be a charm for these revisions so the guidelines are clear for California employers on how to proceed with their compliance efforts relating to COVID-19 protocols in the workplace.
Fed-Up Young Workers Fear They Need Offices to Save Their Careers
Fears of stunted careers and struggles with loneliness are driving many back to their desks.
Why The New Yorker’s Stars Didn’t Join Its Union
The 96-year-old magazine, known for its revered writers and sophisticated audience, is being consumed by a labor dispute.
Attracting Talent During a Worker Shortage
For hourly workers, commute time is a big — and often underestimated — factor.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Equal Protection Claim in Sex Bias Case
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider whether a former deputy county attorney in Virginia can sue for retaliation spurred by workplace sex discrimination complaints under the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
Vaccine Incentives Guidance From EEOC Leaves Employers Guessing
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on whether incentives can be offered to encourage worker Covid-19 vaccinations raised as many questions as it answered, leaving employers to grapple with what perks might violate the law.
Workers are ‘Rage Quitting’ Their Jobs as a Tightening Labor Market Forces Employers to Take Note of Unfavorable Conditions and Low Pay
The waning days of the US coronavirus outbreak have prompted plenty of work-related reflection.
To Fill Millions of Open Jobs, Many Workers Need More Than Skills
Helping people land good jobs with career paths takes more than skills training, labor experts say.