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Summer fun quiz for employers!
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.11.21
CFAA conviction requires some kind of a "hack," Supreme Court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.4.21
Everything employers always wanted to know about COVID vaccines ...
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.4.21
Everything employers always wanted to know about vaccines . . . and have been asking about for months.
6.2.21
BREAKING: EEOC issues guidance on COVID vaccine incentives for employees
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.28.21
BREAKING: EEOC issues guidance on COVID vaccine incentives for employees
Constangy FYI, 5.28.21
The insidious deception that is "employment at will"
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.28.21
No-mask vax FAQs
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.21.21
Mother's Day Quiz! (2021 version)
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.7.21
Federal paid leave laws may be on the way
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.30.21
New CA law gives recall priority to workers laid off because of COVID
4.27.21
New law gives recall priority to workers laid off because of COVID
California Snapshot , 4.27.21
EEO-1 "Component 1" data collection has begun!
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.27.21
California employment law round-up Q1 2021
4.26.21
California employment roundup: Q1 2021
California Snapshot , 4.26.21
Publicity: The not-so-hidden cost of a lawsuit
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.23.21
EEOC to issue guidance on vaccine incentives
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.16.21
Employer, audit thyself!
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.16.21
Employer gets whacked on workers' comp, FMLA overlap
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.9.21
CA agency guidance addresses employer-mandated COVID vaccinations
4.5.21
CA agency guidance addresses employer-mandated COVID vaccinations
California Snapshot , 4.1.21
Calling all teleworkers: Back to the office!
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.1.21
American Rescue Plan Act -- COBRA strikes
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.29.21
FAQs about the gender pay gap
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.26.21
CA extends, expands COVID-related supplemental paid sick leave
California Snapshot , 3.25.21
The American Rescue Plan and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
3.24.21
Senate confirms Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.23.21
"Sweet Six" ways an employer can win at the EEOC
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.19.21
Have you had your Work & Play? (vaxx edition)
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.19.21
"Notorious Nine" mistakes by employers in dealing with the EEOC
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.12.21
Biden Time: "Divisive" training ok, OSHA "not protective," independent contractor regs paused
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.5.21
Antitrust in the labor market
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.5.21
COVID quiz 2021!
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.26.21
Second-guessing the advice columns: "Cancel culture" and the workplace
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.19.21
Biden Time: Union attorney nominated for NLRB post, EEOC wellness regs are "frozen"
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.19.21
What's in LA County's new COVID paid leave law
California Snapshot , 2.16.21
Employer-mandated COVID vaccines: Five reservations
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.12.21
Biden Time: DOL nominee Walsh advances to Senate vote
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.12.21
Nine areas for CA employers to watch in 2021
California Snapshot , 2.3.21
Les employes se rebellant aux colliers anti-COVID
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.22.21
What's in those proposed wellness regs?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.15.21
Now, this IS a bit of good news.
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.15.21
EEO-1 data collection is back on!
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.15.21
No FFCRA in 2021
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.23.20
General acute care hospitals must reimburse for certain required trainings
California Snapshot , 12.22.20
BREAKING: EEOC issues guidance on COVID vaccines
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.16.20
Mandatory COVID vaccines? Not so fast.
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.15.20
Employee "refuses to sign." Now what?
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.11.20
Nail-biting time for the FFCRA?
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.11.20
They may regret this decision.
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.11.20
EEOC settles "transgender funeral director" case
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.4.20
"No good turn goes unpunished"
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.2.20
10 things for which this employment lawyer is thankful -- COVID edition
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.25.20
In case you missed it . . .
California Snapshot , 11.20.20
EEOC issues proposed updates on religious bias
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.20.20
Can employer mandate COVID-19 vaccinations?
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.20.20
Will Bernie Sanders be our next Secretary of Labor?
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.13.20
Jeffrey Toobin fired for "DIY" incident
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.13.20
Thank you, veterans!
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.11.20
Get ready – the pendulum is about to swing
11.9.20
Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed and sworn in
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.27.20
Is COVID making employees crazy?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.23.20
Age case of "dirty old man" will go to a jury
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.23.20
Eleventh Circuit finds “incentive” or “service” payments for named plaintiffs unlawful
10.14.20
FFCRA "School Daze" quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.2.20
CA employers face yet more requirements on COVID and leave
California Snapshot , 9.28.20
Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, and a couple of crazy lawsuits
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.25.20
This "phishing" test stinks. From the head down.
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.25.20
Woo-hoo! We have a full EEOC!
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.25.20
UPDATED - CA expands supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave
California Snapshot , 9.21.20
Revised FFCRA regulations took effect Wednesday
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.18.20
Revised FFCRA regulations to take effect on Wednesday
9.14.20
More on coronavirus from the EEOC
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.11.20
Revised FFCRA regs are coming!
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.4.20
Labor Day mini-quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.4.20
More Q&A on the FFCRA
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.4.20
Will California give time off to more employees?
California Snapshot , 9.3.20
Life in 2020
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.28.20
Court revives Mr. Bostock's sexual orientation lawsuit
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.28.20
President orders that withholding of SS taxes be deferred, but there are details to be ironed out
8.24.20
Stop goofing off, teleworkers!
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.21.20
EEOC's opioid guidance works for all legal drugs*
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.14.20
Discrimination lawsuits are back, baby!
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.7.20
No harm, no foul? Maybe yes, maybe no.
8.6.20
Federal court vacates part of DOL’s regs interpreting FFCRA
8.4.20
Employers, what do you prefer?
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.31.20
Massachusetts releases amended proposed Paid Family and Medical Leave regulations
7.24.20
Happy 30th anniversary to the ADA
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.24.20
Virginia becomes first state to issue Emergency Temporary Standard comprehensively addressing COVID-19
7.22.20
Colorado’s expansive paid sick leave law begins to take effect
7.21.20
More FFCRA FAQs from the DOL!
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.21.20
Videoconferencing apps and litigation: Employers, be careful!
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.17.20
Transportation employers get a break on random testing
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.13.20
Sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.10.20
Predicaments of protest: Which expressions are protected, and which are not?
7.9.20
Gov. Cooper signs bill limiting business liability for COVID-19 claims
7.6.20
SCOTUS denies cert in Equal Pay Act salary history case
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.2.20
More on FFCRA leave for kids' summer closings
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.2.20
Protests amid a pandemic: Part Deux You think you’ve got this? Think again.
6.30.20
Georgia legislature passes “COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act”
6.29.20
Social media PSA for employees and employers
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.26.20
Protests amid a pandemic – what’s an employer to do?
6.25.20
DOT extends period for remote interviews after positive drug test results
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.22.20
Employers can't test for COVID-19 antibodies, EEOC says
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.18.20
Miss Mannerly answers employers' Summer 2020 etiquette questions!
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.18.20
Title VII applies to discrimination based on LGBT status, Supreme Court says
6.15.20
Title VII applies to bias based on LGBT status, Supreme Court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.15.20
EEOC issues update on coronavirus and discrimination laws
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.12.20
Court dismisses EEO-1 comp reporting appeal
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.11.20
Waiver for pre-employment drug testing extended by FMCSA
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.9.20
Nominees for EEOC, NLRB advance to full Senate vote
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.4.20
Just in time for summer: More answers about the FFCRA
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.2.20
How to ask employees about their legal meds without being sued
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.29.20
Is COVID-19 fakery a federal crime?
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.28.20
Gov. DeSantis and Rebekah Jones' criminal background info
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.22.20
Frequently Asked Questions when taking employee temperatures as a COVID-19 precaution in the United States
5.19.20
Second-guessing the advice columns: Small-employer exemption to FFCRA
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.15.20
Plaintiff in landmark Title VII transgender-rights case dies
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.13.20
Alabama limits liability for COVID-related claims
5.12.20
Oh, so THAT'S what you meant!
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.8.20
Employers get reprieve on EEO-1 reporting
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.7.20
Illinois issues model harassment training program
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.5.20
Colorado’s Safer at Home Orders add new COVID-19 protections for workers
5.4.20
Employers can test for coronavirus, EEOC says
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.24.20
California mandates supplemental paid COVID-19 leave for food workers
California Snapshot , 4.24.20
Unemployment alphabet soup: Here's what it means
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.24.20
New York shortens paid time off for voting
4.22.20
Employment-related COVID-19 Litigation Has Begun
4.22.20
COVID-19 and "regular" discrimination
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.17.20
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance to Employers
4.15.20
South Carolina continues to expand availability of unemployment benefits
4.13.20
What employers need to know about the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program
4.10.20
LA tries to close gap left by Families First
California Snapshot , 4.8.20
Paid Sick Leave Under the FFCRA: What Does It Mean To Be Unable To Work Due To A Quarantine or Isolation Order?
4.7.20
Gov. Kemp issues “Shelter in Place” Executive Order for Georgia
4.7.20
Missouri Enacts Stay-At-Home Order
4.6.20
Securing financing under the CARES Act for small and medium-sized employers
4.3.20
What's in those regulations about COVID-19 leave?
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.3.20
DOL issues regulations interpreting expanded FMLA and paid sick leave laws
4.2.20
IRS provides guidance to employers on coronavirus tax credits, and announces employee retention credit
4.1.20
FMCSA issues guidance on drug, alcohol testing disrupted by COVID-19
3.31.20
Weekend update: DOL answers more of our FFCRA questions
3.31.20
City of San Francisco rolls out its own paid sick leave program
California Snapshot , 3.30.20
CARES Act Provides $2 Trillion in Relief to Employers and Employees
3.30.20
What we still don't know about the expanded FMLA and paid sick leave laws
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.27.20
In-person court proceedings in Tennessee suspended through April 30
Constangy FYI, 3.26.20
COLORADO DIRECTS RESIDENTS TO STAY AT HOME
3.26.20
That 30-day DOL non-enforcement period? More like 14 days.
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.26.20
Welcome to the Digital Workplace! Tips for employers navigating teleworking
3.26.20
That 30-day DOL non-enforcement period? More like 14 days.
3.26.20
Your Families First Coronavirus Response Act questions answered!
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.25.20
DOL releases Families First Coronavirus Response Act poster, FAQs
Constangy FYI, 3.25.20
Georgia and Atlanta Issue Executive Orders Advising Residents to “Stay at Home”
3.25.20
Your Families First Coronavirus Response Act questions answered! (Some of them, anyway)
3.25.20
What does the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Mean for Small Businesses?
3.25.20
EEOC Updates Pandemic Guidance and Hosts Technical Assistance Webinar
Constangy FYI, 3.24.20
Denver Issues a Stay-at-Home Order Requiring All Non-Essential Businesses to Cease In-Person Activities
3.24.20
Does Families First apply to health care providers and emergency responders?
3.24.20
Colorado Employers Ordered to Reduce In-person Workforce by Fifty Percent
3.24.20
Virginia Governor issues Executive Order closing recreational businesses, restaurants, and schools
3.24.20
DOT issues guidance on drug, alcohol testing requirements and COVID-19
Constangy FYI, 3.24.20
Alabama Department of Labor modifies unemployment compensation rules
3.24.20
Good news from the government about Families First Coronavirus Response Act
3.23.20
To test or not to test: Employers’ rights and duties in a coronavirus world
3.21.20
Governor’s Office Issues Guidance on New York COVID-19 Quarantine Leave Law
3.21.20
What does the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Mean for Small Businesses in Tennessee?
3.20.20
EEOC Updates 2009 Pandemic Preparedness Guidance
3.20.20
President Trump signs family and medical leave expansion, paid leave into law
3.19.20
COVID-19: Legal, Labor, and Employee Relations Considerations Regarding Layoffs, Furloughs, and Other Resourceful Employer Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency
3.19.20
Governor suspends 60-day notice requirement in Cal-WARN
California Snapshot , 3.18.20
North Carolina eases requirements for unemployment claims due to COVID-19
3.18.20
Local governments try to mitigate virus spread
California Snapshot , 3.18.20
New EEOC guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic - UPDATED
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.18.20
But Wait, There’s More! The EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance
3.18.20
San Francisco and state EDD rally to aid employers, employees
California Snapshot , 3.18.20
Coronavirus layoffs may be covered by Cal-WARN - UPDATED
California Snapshot , 3.17.20
Paid leave for coronavirus-related reasons passes House and has bipartisan support
3.16.20
Colorado Issues Temporary Rules on Paid Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19
3.13.20
Colorado Issues Temporary Rules on Paid Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19
Constangy FYI, 3.12.20
Department of Labor Issues New COVID-19 Guidance related to the FLSA and FMLA
3.12.20
Alcohol in the workplace *hic* quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.6.20
Trump nominates 3 to EEOC, 2 to NLRB
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.5.20
What does coronavirus mean for employers?
2.28.20
Dems' workplace pregnancy horror stories: What we can learn
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.28.20
Bloomberg is right about NDAs
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.21.20
They’re Here 2.0: California AG issues modified CCPA regulations
2.17.20
Dr. Loveless answers your workplace romance questions!
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.14.20
EEO-1 comp data collection is officially ovah!
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.11.20
EEOC's new priorities, plus FY19 stats
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.7.20
Victoria Lipnic won't seek third term on EEOC
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.28.20
Drug testing in the '20s: What employers should and shouldn't do
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.17.20
What are “Reasonable Security Procedures” under the CA Consumer Privacy Act?
1.15.20
Illinois employers, get ready!
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.14.20
New Year's resolutions for employers
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.10.20
Massachusetts rings in the new year with new employment laws
1.7.20
Second-guessing the advice columns: The morning after the workplace party
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.3.20
This week in employment law: Island of the Misfits
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.20.19
Employee termination quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.13.19
Workplace holiday party central!
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.6.19
Small world.
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.6.19
10 things for which this employment lawyer is thankful in 2019
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.22.19
Employers need to start caring about arbitrator disclosure.
California Snapshot , 11.19.19
"OK Boomer" -- harmless, or harassment?
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.15.19
Employers can start an arbitration program after being sued . . .
California Snapshot , 11.12.19
EEOC urges NLRB to let employers prevent, punish harassment
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.8.19
Mandatory arbitration agreements may no longer be enforceable
California Snapshot , 11.5.19
An employer's deposition disaster
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.1.19
Employers OTO get ready.
California Snapshot , 10.31.19
EEO-1 pay data complete?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.31.19
Is gender dysphoria an ADA-protected disability?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.25.19
It's time for California employers to get their check-ups
California Snapshot , 10.23.19
EEO-1 pay data collection is "complete"
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.22.19
They’re here! California AG issues proposed regs for the Consumer Privacy Act
10.18.19
Thoughts about the Supreme Court LGBT arguments
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.18.19
Second-guessing the advice columns: Get off my lawn!
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.4.19
What employers need to know about the new overtime exemption regulations
10.1.19
EEOC to accept comp data past reporting deadline
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.1.19
FMCSA Clearinghouse is open: Are you ready?
9.30.19
Eugene Scalia confirmed as Secretary of Labor
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.27.19
10 things your employment lawyer never wants to hear
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.20.19
Scalia confirmation hearing: A show about nothing
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.20.19
CA bill would limit use of independent contractors
Constangy FYI, 9.13.19
No more EEO-1 comp data, EEOC proposes
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.13.19
"Stud-shaming" may be sex harassment, court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.13.19
In retaliation cases, timing is everything.
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.6.19
A feel-good story about social media!
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.6.19
CA Supreme Court "OTO" learn by now
California Snapshot , 9.3.19
Politics and the workplace don't mix.
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.30.19
Gig workers: A boon or a legal bane for businesses?
8.29.19
Why transgender bias isn't "sex discrimination"
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.23.19
An employer between a rock and a hard place
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.23.19
California employers, are you ready to be "schooled"?
California Snapshot , 8.22.19
Board clarifies mandatory arbitration under NLRA
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.16.19
Will the EEOC change its tune on LGBT rights?
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.16.19
Hone your firing skills!
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.16.19
EEOC takes a hit in criminal background case
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.9.19
Sharon Fast Gustafson sworn in
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.9.19
People are weird.
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.9.19
What’s on the horizon for independent contractors in California?
California Snapshot , 8.7.19
"Accent bias" plus ethnic hostility can be constructive discharge
California Snapshot , 8.5.19
Reference info comes back to bite ex-employer
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.2.19
Senate confirms EEOC General Counsel
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.2.19
Uh-oh. A new gender pay gap!
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.2.19
Ten ways employers get themselves sued (Part Two)
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.26.19
My preemptive strike for Eugene Scalia
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.26.19
Ten ways employers get themselves sued (Part One)
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.19.19
Justice Stevens and employment law
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.19.19
Court strikes down New York anti-arbitration provisions
7.18.19
New York becomes second state to ban “hair discrimination” in the workplace
7.18.19
Eugene Scalia to be Trump's nominee for Labor
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.18.19
What New York employers need to know about the state's new equal pay and salary history laws
7.16.19
EEOC portal for comp data is now open!
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.16.19
Email etiquette can prevent, and help you defend, lawsuits
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.12.19
Supreme Court to hear LGBT cases on October 8
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.9.19
California becomes first state to ban “hair discrimination”
California Snapshot , 7.9.19
Alabama's new equal pay law
7.8.19
"This week (or thereabouts) in employment law" quiz
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.3.19
Get answers to your EEO-1 comp data questions!
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.3.19
Supreme Court rewrites the rules for judicial deference to agency interpretations
7.2.19
"Sexual harassment" in the nature of the business
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.28.19
Local minimum wage increases in CA take effect Monday
California Snapshot , 6.27.19
EEOC ready to accept comp data on July 15
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.26.19
Colorado Bans the Box
6.24.19
Miss Mannerly answers your summer HR questions
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.21.19
More details on Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law implementation
6.17.19

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