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Archives for 2021
Riot Games settles sexual harassment litigation for $100M
Riot Games has settled its sexual harassment litigation for $100 million as part of a global settlement to end the three-year-old litigation.
How To Set The Stage For A Transformational Workplace?
As the year closes, many of us may be pondering how to set ourselves up for success in the coming year.
“Tactical empathy” is the key to navigating workplace negotiations
A negotiation is typically portrayed as a winner-take-all skirmish. Be it haggling for a higher salary, asking for a promotion, or closing a deal, the process might summon tactics, for example, from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
Air Filters and Outdoor Spaces: Office Costs Rise as Workers Return
Building owners may have saved on maintenance when their offices were dark, but new pandemic-related costs are being added to the bill.
Younger Workers Have Had It Worse
According to Gallup’s most recent State of the Global Workplace report, the pandemic affected younger workers’ careers more negatively in 2020 than older workers’.
Hochul: ‘Critical’ workers can go back to work 5 days after COVID-19, CDC reduces isolation period
Health care workers and other members of New York’s “critical workforce” can come back to work five days after testing positive for COVID-19 if they are fully vaccinated and are either asymptomatic or have resolving symptoms, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week.
Omicron could force many workers who test positive to quarantine under federal mandate, intensifying labor shortages
It’s getting ugly out there.
New Puerto Rico Executive Order Mandates Booster Shots for Health and Education Sectors
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi recently issued back-to-back executive orders (EO) regarding COVID-19. It appears that the third EO was stuck in holiday traffic. This latest EO, like her sisters, amends November’s EO-2021-075 to curtail COVID-19 infections.
CDC’s New Shorter Quarantine Period is Welcome News for Those Who Got COVID for Christmas
The CDC announced today that it is updating its quarantine and isolation guidance. For people with COVID-19, the isolation period was reduced from ten days to five days as long as the individual has no symptoms or their symptoms are resolving after five days. Importantly, the revised isolation guidance does
Oregon Employment Law Changes in 2022: New Year, New Laws
Changes to Oregon employment laws taking effect next year will be keeping human resources professionals very busy this holiday season and into the new year in the Pacific Northwest.
After OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Employers Expired …
More than six months after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated an Emergency Temporary Standard for healthcare employers (Healthcare ETS), OSHA announced its intentions to propose an infectious diseases standard covering all industry sectors in April 2022. The agency said the new standard will address airborne, droplet, and non-bloodborne contact
Connecticut Paid Leave Payments and Connecticut FMLA Changes Coming January 1: What You Need to Know
As we speed closer to January 1, the date when payments will begin under Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act and the effective date of changes to Connecticut’s Family and Medical Leave Act (CT FMLA), below are some updates and considerations for employers.
Paid Leave Applications
On December 1,
ANOTHER OSHA ETS UPDATE
As you have probably read, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the OSHA ETS on January 7, 2022.
Puerto Rico: COVID-19 Boosters Required for Workers in Healthcare, Educational Settings
Amidst increasing positive COVID-19 cases in Puerto Rico, Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi has issued an executive order requiring those working in healthcare and education settings to get vaccinated and boosted. Covered individuals must get a COVID-19 booster shot on or before January 15, 2022.