Insights

Brent Pohlman weighs in on whether or not it's a HIPAA violation for businesses to ask for proof of a COVID...

We write to clarify our last employment law blog article concerning whether employers can mandate that employees take the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition to returning to their places of employment....

There is a light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is now being administered and the Moderna vaccine will soon be next. This has led many employers to ask whether they...

On September 30, 2020, New York’s State Sick Leave Law (NYSSL) went into effect. Under the NYSSL, employees began accruing sick leave benefits at a rate of one hour of leave for every 30 hours...

On Saturday, Governor Phil Murphy, signed Executive Order 200, extending the public health emergency. Likewise, Governor Andrew Cuomo imposed new restrictions, including limitations on indoor and...

Effective 6:00 a.m., November 5, 2020, Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 192 requires every New Jersey employer (“business, non-profit and governmental or educational entity”), to...

Since July of 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") has significantly increased COVID-19-related enforcement activities, levying...

COVID-19 has redefined the term “back to school” this year. On August 27, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division updated is Guidance and added FAQs...

Many employers are currently considering workforce reductions due to the impact of COVID-19. As a result of recent court decisions which expand the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...