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COVID19
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Mar 11, 2022
Today marks year two since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic… Federal Update Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) The EEOC has released updated guidance for...
COVID-19 State/District Updates
Feb 17, 2022
California As we mentioned here, California has reinstated their COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) effective February 19, 2022 (with sick pay retroactive to January 1, 2022). The...
California COVID-19 SPSL Update
Feb 9, 2022
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) The revival of SPSL in the Golden State is official as SPSL (SB 114) was approved by lawmakers on Monday, and was signed into law by Gavin Newsom today!...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Jan 27, 2022
U.S. Federal Updates It appears that mandating COVID-19 vaccinations just isn’t going to meet legal muster, with the lone exception being the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. Federal Updates The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that mandates employers (with 100 or more...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Dec 23, 2021
We don’t have quite as many updates this time which is a gift in and of itself. The COVID-19 vaccine mandates continue to ping pong their way in and out of our lives. Stayed, enjoined, reinstated,...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. Federal Updates Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Earlier this week, the EEOC updated its What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO...
Coronavirus and Leave Updates
Dec 13, 2021
U.S. Federal Updates President Biden’s Executive Order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors with a covered contract to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has essentially been suspended. The...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Nov 19, 2021
Who else can’t believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving? 2021 has been a major improvement over 2020, but we still have a long way to go. 2022 will be even better. We would like to thank our clients,...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Nov 4, 2021
U.S. Federal Updates National Paid Leave This has become quite the rollercoaster. Apparently, federal Paid Leave is back in President Biden’s Build Back Better spending bill. So there’s still...
COVID-19 and Federal/State Updates
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. Federal Updates National Paid Leave Well, it appears our dreams of a nationwide paid leave program have been dashed...for now. We’ll see what happens in the future. There are plenty of other...
COVID-19 and State Updates
Oct 11, 2021
U.S. Federal Update National Paid Family Leave? Could it be? National Paid Family Leave...finally? The Build Back Better Act (part of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation packet) is working its...