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Archives for October 13, 2021

Document Policies 101 [Construction Industry]

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: North Carolina - General

Construction industry players are deluged with documents. 

Nexsen Pruet Welcomes New Hires in North and South Carolina Offices

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: Law Firm News

Nexsen Pruet is pleased to announce the addition of eight attorneys in our North and South Carolina offices. New hires include: Austin King, Amy Mull- and Matthew Stabler in Raleigh; Kamri Barber, Emory Sloan and Erica Wells in Columbia; Caitlin Walker in Greenville; and Wil Magaha in Charlotte. 

Pedro Jaime Torres-Díaz, Angela Quiles Nevarez and Arcelia Magaña Co-Author “How Our Firm Supports Lawyers of Hispanic Heritage”

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Law Firm News

Pedro Jaime Torres-Díaz, Angela Quiles Nevarez and Arcelia Magaña co-author “How Our Firm Supports Lawyers of Hispanic Heritage,” published by Bloomberg Law.

Potential Impact of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Manufacturing

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: HR - General

Manufacturers are facing significant challenges that include the labor shortage and the skills gap and employers are not only struggling to fill vacancies, they are struggling to find workers with the necessary skills and training.

Three FordHarrison Attorneys Named to 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Law Firm News

FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Michael Harrington and Edward (Bud) F. O’Donnell, Jr., Partners, were named to the 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers List and Sami Asaad, Partner, was named to the 2021 Connecticut Rising Stars List.

New Jersey Expands Age Discrimination Protections

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: New Jersey - General

On October 5, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law amendments to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) that significantly expand causes of action available to older workers. While NJLAD has always prohibited age-based discrimination in employment, the new amendments create a new private right of action for forced retirement claims and eliminates a safe harbor provision which limited damages and gave small businesses more flexibility to manage their workforces.

Department of Labor Responds to COVID-Related Medical Premium Discounts and Surcharges

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: HR - COVID, Coronavirus

Over the past few months, many employers have announced plans to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among their workforce by implementing either medical premium discounts for the vaccinated or surcharges for the unvaccinated. 

$137 Million Verdict Illustrates Importance of Competent Anti-Harassment Policies

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: Sexual Harassment - General

On October 4, 2021, a North California federal jury awarded a former Tesla subcontractor $137 million after finding that he had been subjected to a hostile work environment and that Tesla was responsible for the harm it caused.

Email Distribution of Workplace Notices Finally a Go!

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Shaw Law Group, PC Category: California - General

California employers may now distribute required posters and notices to employees via email. Senate Bill 657, which is effective on January 1, 2022, clarifies that employers do not need to send or show remote employees required employee postings.

OSHA Submits a Regulation to Implement President Biden’s Private Sector Vaccination Order

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Shaw Law Group, PC Category: HR - COVID, Coronavirus

So, a few of my colleagues and I have been wagering how long it would take the federal Department of Labor’s OSHA folks to prepare an initial draft of a regulation to implement President Biden’s private sector vaccination order. I won. (I said it would be before October 15, 2021.)

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ROUND UP

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Shaw Law Group, PC Category: California - General

The California Supreme Court issued several employment law decisions during the past year.  We summarize below the most important of these rulings.

California Imposes Significant New Restrictions on Severance and Settlement Agreements

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: California - General

On October 7, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) No. 331 into law. SB 331 is known as the “Silenced No More Act.” It amends California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1001 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and imposes significant new restrictions on

Texas Governor Abbott Bars Employers and Individuals from Compelling COVID-19 Vaccines

Posted: October 13, 2021 | Littler Category: Texas

On October 11, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-40, which states that no entity in Texas can “compel” any individual, including any employee or consumer, to receive a COVID-19 vaccination who objects “for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical

The Office of the Future Is Competing With Everywhere Else

Posted: October 13, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Bloomberg

An office design research team at Herman Miller quizzed hundreds of companies to learn what it will take to get workers back to their desks

Gavin Newsom vetoes bill that sought to promote more diverse California state workers

Posted: October 13, 2021 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Sacramento Bee

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week vetoed legislation that would have required the California Department of Human Resources to develop employee “upward mobility goals” that would factor in race, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status and physical and mental disabilities.

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