Earlier this year, President Biden signed the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act” into law. The new law limits the enforcement of arbitration agreements with respect to sexual assault and sexual harassment cases if such agreements were entered into before the sexual assault/harassment dispute arose.
Archives for December 6, 2022
Justin Barnes Comments on Wage and Hour Considerations During Winter Storms
Justin Barnes comments on how employers should familiarize themselves with wage and hour rules in anticipation of winter storms affecting the workplace in “Winter Storms Bring Flurry of Wage and Hour Questions,” published by SHRM.
Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Eve K. Kokolis
Eve dedicates her practice to representing clients in complex workers’ compensation claims. She counsels and defends insurers, employers, and third-party administrators in all stages of litigation from inception to appeal, and draws on several years of experience practicing workers’ compensation defense throughout New Jersey. She also has experience in personal injury law.
New York Department of Health Updates Return-To-Work Protocols for Healthcare Personnel and Adopts CDC Recommendations
NY Department of Health has updated its guidance on return-to-work protocols for healthcare personnel. The protocols for returning to work differ depending on whether the facility is operating under CDC-defined conventional, contingency, or crisis strategies to mitigate healthcare personnel staffing shortages.
Why are fewer local employers testing for marijuana?
Janell Ahnert explains why some employers are struggling with shifting their drug-testing policies in light of changing attitudes and laws surrounding marijuana in Alabama.
Birmingham Business Journal
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Slow Going: Despite diversity gains, some law firm leaders bemoan lack of progress
Jeanine Conley Daves explains why women and women of color often find themselves “closed out of the system,” when it comes to factors firms look at when considering compensation or promotions.
ABA Journal
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DE&I Looks Different Around the Globe
Don Dowling said global companies should slow down and adapt their DE&I initiatives to different countries and consider local demographics if they’re serious about diversity.
SHRM Online
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How Biden’s pledge to be the ‘most pro-union’ US president has affected HR
Jim Paretti talks about how President Biden has protected workers and implemented labor changes over the past two years.
HR Brew
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Nevada Voters Eliminate Two-Tier Minimum Wage System
Roger L. Grandgenett II, Kelsey Stegall and Michael Dissinger explain how the elimination of Nevada’s two-tier minimum wage system is expected to directly impact employers.
SHRM Online
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Gig Workers Face Unclear Path in Bill to Nix Nondisclosure Pacts
Jim Paretti says that Independent contractors have a “longer and a more complicated legal pat” when it comes to determining whether they are covered under the new SPEAK Out Act.
Bloomberg Law
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Embracing Change: Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse, Multigenerational Workforce
Lisa Kathumbi talks about what it takes to recruit and retain a productive, diverse, committed and satisfied workforce today.
CBA Legal Connections
Pandemic changed the workplace, now laws must catch up
Mariela Rexach, Peter Susser and Stephan Swinkels discuss how the new workplace ground rules are affecting not just companies across the U.S. mainland, but also in Puerto Rico.
News is my Business
Colorado and Oregon Trigger Protections for Leaves Relating to Respiratory Illnesses
David C. Gartenberg and Cristin Casey explain the additional leave obligations that employers with Colorado and Oregon operations now face.
SHRM Online
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Court sets aside judgement reducing employee’s reasonable notice period for failure to mitigate
Rhonda B. Levy, George Vassos and Monty Verlint discuss a case in which the Ontario Court of Appeal found that a lower court erred when it held that in order to mitigate, a dismissed employee must begin searching for a lesser-paying job after spending a reasonable period of time
The Benefits of Sabbaticals: Attracting and Retaining Employees
The latest idea for attracting and retaining employees in this post-COVID-19–pandemic era of the Great Resignation and “quiet quitting” is one that was usually limited to professors in higher education: the sabbatical.