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Archives for September 22, 2021

Does the EEOC Really Get to Decide Whether RFRA Applies in Employment-Discrimination Lawsuits?

Posted: September 22, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: National Review

Earlier this month, a federal district court in North Carolina rejected Charlotte Catholic High School’s religious defenses against a Title VII claim of sex discrimination allegedly based on an employee’s sexual orientation.

Amazon workers fired for cannabis use can reapply for jobs

Posted: September 22, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: MSN

Amazon’s looser stance on workers’ marijuana use now covers people who were previously dismissed.

Workers are often told not to talk about how much they’re getting paid. That’s not legal.

Posted: September 22, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: USA Today

Under federal law, keeping employees from discussing pay with coworkers is an unfair labor practice. Yet workers, advocates, and labor experts say such “pay gag” infractions are widespread, with awareness of the law at a minimum.

‘We’re trying to survive’: workers face cuts as US public sector lags in recovery

Posted: September 22, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: The Guardian

Working in US public sector feels untenable for many amid lack of benefits, low pay and lack of general investment

Cal/OSHA Issues Initial Draft Language for Proposed Permanent COVID-19 Regulations

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: California - Cal/OSHA

On September 17, 2021, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released for discussion initial draft text for proposed permanent COVID-19 regulations, which if adopted would be subject to renewal or expiration after two years, and would replace the current Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS).  Stakeholders will have

How to Keep Good People Through the Great Resignation

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Law Firm News

Alecia Winfield talks about how to identify staff that might be a retention risk. 

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Court Showdowns Await Labor Board GC's Legal Agenda

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Law Firm News

Michael Lotito weighs in on a few NLRB doctrines that would ease union recognition in some contested campaigns and raise the stakes in refusal-to-bargain cases if they are adopted.

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Can't it be about Cannabis? Connecticut Seeds the Path to Unionization

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Connecticut - General

Connecticut recently legalized recreational marijuana use by adults. The new law creates complex employment protections for recreational marijuana users. The same legislation also includes provisions that strongly encourage any cannabis-related employer seeking to operate in Connecticut to permit the unionization of its workforce.1 

OSHA Announces Increased Focus on Heat-Related Hazards

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: OSHA - General

In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signaled efforts to increase its scrutiny of work activities that may expose workers to heat-related hazards.  On September 1, 2021, OSHA issued a Memorandum to its Regional Administrators and State Designees to announce a

What’s Next with Cal/OSHA and COVID-19 Standards?

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: California - Cal/OSHA

For now, California employers are beholden to state and local COVID-19 requirements as well as Cal/OSHA’s infamous COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). The ETS are set to expire on January 14, 2022. However, Cal/OSHA has recently released a draft of a semi-permanent standard for COVID-19.

The current proposal would create

The mandatory green pass arrives in the workplace: this is how it works in the rest of the EU

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Law Firm News

Carlo Majer and Edgardo Ratti discuss vaccine mandates in the European Union.

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Congressional Democrats Want to Weaponize Federal Labor Law

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Law Firm News

Michael Lotito writes about unions and their allies’ attempts to sneak parts of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act into the budget bill.

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Workplace Words of Wisdom from Ted Lasso

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Ford Harrison Category: HR - General

They got me.  I resisted as long as I could.  Over the past year, numerous friends told me I should be watching Ted Lasso, extolling the virtues of this new show airing on Apple TV+.  I wasn’t interested.  Frankly, I’m not big into soccer (sorry to all the soccer fans

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Law Raising Minimum Wage to $8.50 Per Hour Starting in 2022

Posted: September 22, 2021 | Littler Category: Puerto Rico

On September 21, 2021, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi signed into law an Act that raises the hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50. Prior to this increase, the minimum wage in Puerto Rico had not been modified since 2009. The Act and its new base pay will enter

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