Timothy McCarthy and Stephanie Peet comment on the importance of employers conducting yearly reviews of their employee handbooks to stay up-to-date with evolving regulations and laws in “Top Employee Handbook Updates for 2022,” published by SHRM.
Archives for January 26, 2022
Jackson Lewis Adds Thomas I. Barnett as Principal and Chief Data Officer
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Thomas I. Barnett has joined the firm as principal and chief data officer (CDO). Tom joins the firm from UnitedLex, where he was Senior Vice President and Divisional General Counsel. He is the latest attorney addition to the firm’s Nashville office, which opened last week.
DOL Issues, Then Withdraws, Updated Guidance on Compensability of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Time
The list of laws and regulations governing vaccinations and testing is growing and changing at a frenetic pace. Employers can add U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) guidance on the compensability of time spent undergoing testing and vaccinations to that list.
Top Five Labor Law Developments for December 2021
California leaders agree to once again require extra paid sick leave.
California will require businesses to provide workers who are recovering from the coronavirus, or are caring for infected family members, with as much as two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave, under a deal announced on Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders in the state.
Today’s snazzy law offices: Wow-factor or wasteful?
When 345-lawyer Buchalter surveyed its partners last year about returning to the office post-pandemic, the consensus was overwhelming. About 90% said they wanted to go back to working in-person, firm CEO Adam Bass told me.
First on CNN: Bank of America is giving workers $1 billion of stock
Bank of America is handing out $1 billion worth of restricted stock to virtually its entire workforce as the bank seeks to gain an upper hand in the war for talent.
OSHA withdraws its workplace vaccine rule.
In pulling the rule, the Biden administration acknowledged what most businesses expected: the plan to make companies mandate vaccines-or-tests is over.
Gov. Wolf Fulfills Commitment to Raise Minimum Wage for Commonwealth Workers
Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will fulfill its commitment to raise the minimum wage for commonwealth employees to $15 per hour by January 31, 2022.
Employment-Based Preference Visa: Transfer Underlying Basis for Pending Green Card Application
For the first time, USCIS has advised people with a pending green card application of its documentary requirements for transfers between employment-based classifications and issued an alert regarding the process.
The “exceptionally high number of employment-based [immigrant] visas available this fiscal year” has prompted USCIS to encourage U.S. employers petitioning
Rest and Meal Breaks – It is Not About Lunch!
In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank remind employers about their obligation to provide hourly employees with compliant rest and meal breaks. Jen also discusses Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, a 2021 California Supreme Court decision in which the Court determined that the premium pay owed to an employee for
New York Appellate Court Stays Mask Mandate Injunction
On January 25, 2022, the New York Appellate Division, Second Department granted a stay of a Nassau County trial court’s injunction of the enforcement of the state’s mask mandate, which went into effect on December 13, 2021. The mandate, which was announced by Governor Kathy Hochul on December 10, 2021,
California Announces New Deadline for Filing 2021 Pay Data Reports and Promises Updated Reference Materials
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently posted an announcement on its pay data reporting landing page stating the deadline for filing 2021 pay data reports is April 1, 2022. This is different from last year’s deadline of March 31, 2021, and earlier statements by the DFEH
NLRB’s Invitation to File Briefs and Activist General Counsel Signal the Good Old Days May Be Now for Organized Labor
On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that union membership in the United States had dropped to a historic all-time low. The decline in membership is prompting unions to consider strategies to replenish their depleted ranks with new dues-paying members.
“Yellowjackets” Star Is Body Shamed on Set by a Co-Worker: Is That Illegal?
Melanie Lynskey, a star of the new Showtime series “Yellowjackets,” recently recounted an incident in which a co-worker allegedly criticized her body on set. According to Lynskey, a production team member asked her what she planned to do about her weight and suggested that the show’s producers would be