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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

On April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which applies to all employers with 15 or more employees. This final rule goes into effect on Monday, July 15, 2024 and can be found here, for any who […]

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Tue Apr 23, 8:47pm

Employment Law

Department of Labor Publishes New Guidance.

On January 9, 2023, the Department of Labor published new guidance on how to classify workers as either employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Classification now requires application of a multi-factor test, with no one factor weighted over another. Those factors consider: 1.  the worker’s opportunity for […]

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Fri Jan 12, 3:52pm

Employment Law

Employer Vaccine Mandate

Late Friday, November 12, the Fifth Circuit, after reviewing additional briefing, issued a ruling reaffirming and continuing its stay of OSHA’s private employer vaccine mandate (ETS) applicable to employers with more than 100 employees. There are similar challenges pending in every circuit court except the Tenth and the expectation is […]

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Mon Nov 15, 2:03pm

Employment Law

EEOC Religious Vaccination Guidance

Religious accommodations to vaccine mandates continue to be the number one issue occupying the time and energy of HR practitioners and employment lawyers. Yesterday, the EEOC updated its Covid-19 technical assistance specifically to address vaccine-related religious objections and accommodation requests. The new update is at “Section L” and can be […]

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Tue Oct 26, 2:31pm

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