Late Friday, December 17, 2021, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government’s motion to lift the stay on the OSHA COVID-19 mandate imposed by the Fifth Circuit on November 6, 2021. This ruling allows OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) to go into effect.
Archives for December 20, 2021
EEOC Delays 2021 EEO-1 Data Collection Until April 2022
The EEOC recently announced that the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is tentatively scheduled to open on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory data collection that requires all private-sector employers with 100 or more employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees meeting certain criteria, to report on the race/ethnicity and gender of their workforce by job categories. Covered employers are required to submit their data annually to the EEOC, collecting employment data between any period from October through December.
Cal-OSHA Adopts and Extends the Revised Emergency Temporary Standards
On December 16, 2021, Cal-OSHA re-adopted its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for a second time after previously doing so on June 17, 2021. While Cal-OSHA initially proposed language for a second re-adoption on October 20, 2021, the Cal-OSHA Board delayed voting to re-adopt the prior version. Now, Cal-OSHA has further revised the language to include enhanced restrictions for vaccinated employees and align closely with the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) recommendations. The new amendments will go into effect on January 14, 2022.
What Is Company Culture If You Don’t Have an Office?
The latest panic about remote work isn’t about lack of productivity but the loss of the ever-elusive workplace culture.
Psychological Safety in Theory and In Practice
What does psychological safety at work mean for people with anxiety and other mental health challenges?
McDonald’s to pay Black store owner $33.5 million to end bias suit
McDonald’s will pay $33.5 million to a former baseball player who owns multiple franchises to end a lawsuit he brought against the company, accusing it of racial discrimination.
$155 mln for VP who says co threw him under bus in female lawyers’ pay-bias case
Jury awards former top lawyer at Farmers Insurance $150 million in punitive damages
Will Omicron Move More Work From Offices To Homes?
As the latest wave of Covid-19 cases hits the USA, there is increased speculation that some work may be shifting more permanently from offices to the home.
Starbucks says it will bargain with workers at a Buffalo store ‘in good faith.’
Starbucks on Monday said that it intended to bargain “in good faith” with a Buffalo store where employees voted to unionize this month following a sometimes contentious election campaign.
Partnership Is The Prescription To Cure What Ails The Allied Health Workforce
Last week, the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC) released their annual Colorado Talent Pipeline Report, which identifies areas of growing demand and opportunity, key features of the current labor force and strategies to balance the supply and demand equation for talent in the state.
Why Junior Employees Should Demand The Eradication Of This Workplace No-No
One of the most crucial life milestones is landing that first full-time job.
What It May Be Like To Manage Next Year’s Workplace
If there is any place where change is constant, it is the workplace.
Covid Has Changed Workplace Power Dynamics. A Leadership Researcher Explains How to Navigate Them
Organizations are in a holding pattern again as Omicron surges and many key questions remain about its potential impact.
Plans to return to the office grow murkier by the day.
New Year’s Eve in Times Square is up in the air. The National Basketball Association is canceling games, as is the National Hockey League.
Whiplash on U.S. Vaccine Mandate Leaves Employers ‘Totally Confused’
Companies are struggling to figure out what to do as legal battles and rising Covid cases complicate their plans. Even up in the air: What does “fully vaccinated” mean?