On January 25, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislative leaders announced they have reached an agreement to require employers again to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL), which expired on September 30, 2021. Under the...
New York State lawmakers have done it again – amending an often-forgotten whistleblower statute of limited application into a sweeping new source of employee rights that should make employers listen up and take notice. Almost two years ago it was Section 741 of the...
The Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the appeal of the 6th Circuit’s decision that vacated the 5th Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard for employers with 100 or more employees. In a 6-3 decision, strictly down...
Two justices flip to the other side. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 today to stay two injunctions that were keeping a vaccine mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from taking effect in 25 states. The CMS mandate applies to most employees and...
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Labcorp over allegations that it failed to provide lactating employees a space for them to express milk privately without fear of intrusion. The investigation stemmed from an allegation of one employee in the...
