Author: Mary Mae Miral

Important Dates for Federal Contractor Vaccination Requirements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, requires millions of covered federal contractors and subcontractors of all tiers to comply...

What Can Employers Do About Employees Moonlighting on the Clock? Many employers must confront a situation where they find more of their employees are working a side job which does the same type of work as your own company. It only gets worse when...

Federal OSHA May Take Action If States Refuse to Implement Healthcare ETS A lot of states have workplace safety and health plans that are consistent with the Healthcare ETS issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), especially...

New York DOL Releases New Guidance for Employers on Recreational Marijuana The New York Department of Labor (DOL) has released new guidance and FAQs to answer questions regarding the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). The MRTA became...

Navigating Vaccine Mandates and Bans for Employers President Biden announced early in September that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would be issuing an “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) that would mandate all employers...

California Introduces New Garment Worker Wage Requirements Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law on September 27, 2021, that will put into effect new wage and hour requirements for workers employed in the garment industry. The new law, SB 62,...

Alabama Lawmaker Proposes Bill Making Employer’s Liable for Vaccine Side Effects A new Alabama bill would prohibit businesses and state agencies from mandating employee vaccinations. House Bill 31 would also provide a right of action to sue their...

Federal Appeals Court Finds that Timing of Firing After a Protected Activity May Indicate Retaliation The United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has ruled that an employee fired for repeated cases of reported inappropriate behavior in...

DHS Announces an End to Mass Worksite Enforcement The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently issued a new memorandum instructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to cease mass raids of undocumented workers at worksites...

Courts Hold PAGA Claims Can Still Be Time Barred In a case earlier in the year, the California Court of Appeals found that a plaintiff could pursue Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims for violations of the state’s Labor Code despite the...