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Not What The Doctor Ordered - A New Whistleblower Law for NY Healthcare Employers

USA - July 6 2020 Here’s the scenario - Your Ambulatory Clinic just reopened in May, and since then one of the RN’s, let’s call her Rita, has been late multiple times…

UPDATE: Quarantine Mandated For Travelers To Tristate Area

USA - June 30 2020 As the number of COVID-19 infections in certain states continues to rise, so does the number of states added to the tristate area travel advisory…

80 Years of Precedent Restored: Discretionary Discipline and an Employer’s Duty to Bargain in Advance of a First Contract

USA - June 26 2020 This week, in 800 River Road Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Care One at New Milford, 369 NLRB No. 109, the National Labor Relations Board overruled a…

Quarantine Mandated For Travelers To Tristate Area, Effective June 25, 2020

USA - June 25 2020 In a press conference earlier today, the Governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced that travelers to the tristate area from states…

EEOC Delivers Hefty Fine for Disability Discrimination

USA - June 17 2020 In May, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx”) will pay $3.3 million dollars…

OSHA Issues Guidance Regarding Face Coverings In The Workplace

USA - June 16 2020 U.S. employers are now in the thick of bringing employees back to physical offices, facilities and plants. Some of the myriad issues they must…

The Answer is Clear—Title VII Will Protect Gay and Transgender Workers

USA - June 16 2020 In a long awaited landmark ruling by Justice M. Gorsuch, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII protects gay and transgender workers. The Opinion…

EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical Assistance Publication with Q&A

USA - June 11 2020 Today the EEOC updated its Technical Assistance Questions and Answers (Q&A), “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act…

CDC Guidance: How Do You Comply and Keep Your Business Functioning?

USA - June 5 2020 The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has issued new guidance which will dictate how employers can resume business and safely start the “return to…

DOL Establishes New Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor for ERISA-Covered Retirement Plans

USA - June 3 2020 On May 27, 2020, the Department of Labor published final regulations establishing a new electronic disclosure safe harbor for ERISA-covered…