Category: Client Advisory
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11.05.2021
Biden Vaccine Mandate Rules Issued By OSHA: Vaccine or Testing Required By January 4, 2022
(Click here for printable PDF) Just shy of two months after President Biden announced that private employers would be required to implement a “soft” vaccine mandate. (See our Alert on this announcement here), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) for private employers of 100 or more employees. This […]
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11.03.2021
EEOC Updates Guidelines for Religious Objections to the COVID-19 Vaccine
(Click here for printable PDF) On October 25, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued new guidance for employers addressing requests for religious exemptions from employer vaccination mandates or other COVID-19 policies. The agency added “Section L” to its existing “Technical Assistance Questions and Answers” related to COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, […]
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10.28.2021
Termination over Failure to Provide FMLA Recertification Upheld
Last month, the Third Circuit upheld Drexel University’s decision to terminate an employee after she took an unapproved extended leave of absence for her medical condition. In Watson v. Drexel University, Drexel University (“the University”) granted an initial leave of absence under the federal Family Leave Leave Act (“FMLA”) to an employee diagnosed with leiomyoma […]
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10.14.2021
New Jersey Expands Law Against Discrimination with Additional Age Discrimination Protections
(Click here for printable PDF) On Tuesday, October 5th, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill, A681, imposing additional age discrimination protections, which expands the current prohibition of discrimination and harassment based on age under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”). The NJLAD prohibits discrimination and harassment based on many protected […]
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09.27.2021
President Biden Clarifies Federal Contractor Deadline for Vaccine Mandate
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, which essentially required federal contractors to implement a “hard” vaccine mandate for their employees against COVID-19 (“hard” means no option for weekly testing in lieu of the vaccine). This is accomplished by requiring federal executive agencies and contractors of every level to include clauses requiring […]
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09.10.2021
President Biden Requires Private Employers Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine or Weekly Testing
(Click here for printable PDF) On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that he is instructing the United States Department of Labor (“USDOL”), specifically OSHA, to issue emergency rules requiring all employers with more than 100 employees to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine or require weekly testing. OSHA has publicly stated that this requirement will […]
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07.13.2021
Vaccines and the Workplace: What Can Employers Require or What Incentives Can They Offer Employees?
(Click here for printable PDF) As workplaces nationwide are returning to in-person operations, two important questions have been raised about COVID-19 vaccines: (1) can employers require that their employees be vaccinated in order to return to work? and (2) can employers offer incentives to encourage employees to receive the vaccine? The federal Equal Employment Opportunity […]
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03.26.2021
Federal Paid COVID-19 Leave (FFCRA) Is Extended – If You Want It To Be
(Click here for printable PDF) On December 31, 2020, the Family’s First Coronavirus Response Act’s (“FFCRA”) requirement that employers provide paid leave for COVID-19 related reasons officially expired. However, in the latest stimulus bill passed under the new Biden Administration, the FFCRA paid leave was further extended (until September 2021) and even expanded in […]
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03.15.2021
Can Employers Offer an Incentive to Employees to Get the COVID Vaccine? Probably, But Stay Tuned
(Click here for printable PDF) Employers nationwide are contemplating offering incentives to encourage employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a way to avoid the practical and potentially disruptive alternative of requiring employees to be vaccinated. Although it has been determined by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that requiring all employees to be vaccinated […]
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03.01.2021
Severance Slip Ups – Some Critical Errors in Giving Out Severance Payments
In a world where layoffs and terminations are a possibility for any business, it is essential that employers understand some of the critical mistakes they could make when providing severance payments to employees. Here are some of the biggest ones we have seen and how to conquer them: Not having a written agreement with a […]
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