Author: Mary Mae Miral

Sixth Circuit Reinstates OSHA’s ETS The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has lifted the stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). This means that the vaccine...

NYC Ban on Tenant Background Checks Finds a Lack of Support Landlords are celebrating success in stopping a bill that would have prevented background checks on potential tenants from passing. This bill has been a focus of the last-minute attempt...

Company Contracted to Provide Referees for Youth Basketball Hired Convicted Sex Offender Residents of Morgan County have been faced with a shock as it was discovered a convicted sex offender was hired as a referee for youth basketball in the Morgan...

California Court of Appeals Finds Arbitration Agreement Did not Cover Claims of Workplace Bias A California appeals court has held that an employer cannot force a plaintiff to arbitrate their claims of workplace bias under an arbitration provision...

What To Do When Your Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 With the news flying around on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard (ETS), it is easy to lose focus on other safety policies, such as developing...

Philadelphia Ban on Pre-Employment Drug Testing to Go Into Effect Soon A Philadelphia ordinance signed into law by Mayor Jim Kenney earlier this year forbidding pre-employment testing for Marijuana is set to take effect soon, starting January 1st,...

Appeals Court Rejects Bias Claims of Nurse Who Violated Hospital’s Policies A California appeals court has ruled that a hospital did not discriminate against a registered nurse by firing her after its discovery that she had committed violations...

New York City Council Passes Bill to Grant Parents Paid Child Vaccination Leave In late November, the New York City Council passed a bill that would require the city’s employers to provide their employees with Child Vaccination Leave. This...