On June 21, 2022, New Mexico’s Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) published final regulations implementing the Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA), which will take effect throughout most parts1 of the “Land of Enchantment” on July 1, 2022.
Archives for June 28, 2022
CMS Affirms Access to Reproductive Health Care on Same Day Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade
Friday, June 24, 2022, began with the United States Supreme Court’s publication of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (19-1392), the Supreme Court held: “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
California Department of Public Health Issues COVID-19 Guidance on Expanded Definition of ‘Close Contact’
On June 20, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued COVID-19 guidance, titled “Isolation and Quarantine Q&A,” that offers insight into the recent change to the definition of “close contact.” On June 8, 2022, the CDPH issued a revised order with new definitions of “close contact” and “infectious
NLRB General Counsel Continues Push for Extraordinary Remedies
On June 23, 2022, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo released Memorandum GC 22-06, relating to her efforts “to secure full remedies” in settlements with the Board. This follows on her prior memorandum of September 2021, in which she urged the Board’s regional attorneys to pursue aggressively
I Got Fired. What Are My Chances to Get Unemployment?
I’ve been at this company for three years. I’ve never been a great employee, but I did my work and it was fine. Then I got a new boss who really pushed me. I admit, I reacted poorly and started doing things like coming in late. Still, I was surprised