Author: Mary Mae Miral

NLRB Issues Memorandum Concerning Employer’s Bargaining Obligations Under OSHA’s ETS The General Council at the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo, has issued a new memorandum that outlines an employer’s obligations to bargain...

New York Requires Employers to Provide Notice of Electronic Monitoring New York’s Governor has signed new legislation into law requiring employers that monitor employees’ telephone calls, internet use, and emails to provide notice to all new employees...

Will OSHA’s ETS Still Go into Effect? Most employers are already aware of the new Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) introduced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This is set to take effect on January 4th, 2022, and among...

Alabama’s New Law Introduces Expansive Exemptions from Mandatory Employer Vaccination Policies On November 5th, 2021, Alabama’s Governor signed SB-9 into law, establishing significant restrictions on employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations. This...

Fifth Circuit Orders Nurse’s FMLA Claim to Return to Trial The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the case of a registered nurse in Louisiana who claims to have been fired in retaliation for taking leave under the...

California’s ‘ABC Test’ for Independent-Contractors Is Seeing a Revival As 2020 was coming to a close, it looked like California’s government, and voters alike were ready to leave behind AB 5’s independent contract test. However, as the current...

Regarding the Advisory Opinion to Curb False Identity Matching The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an advisory opinion affirming that the practice of “name-only matching” used by some consumer reporting agencies (CRA) does...

How to Determine When COVID-19 Vaccine Accommodations Pose an Undue Hardship The EEOC does allow employers to require their employees to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations. However, it is essential that these employers have policies that allow employees...

Unvaccinated Workers May Lose Death Benefits Workers that refuse COVID-19 vaccines face a number of financial penalties, from high health insurance payments to potential loss of employment, but now the repercussions may even extend after death....

CMS Introduces Mandatory Vaccination Policy for Healthcare Facilities That Participate in Medicare or Medicaid The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a long-awaited series of emergency rules mandating COVID-19 vaccines...