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August 29, 2022 How to Handle Long COVID at Work
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Sick leave, Workplace culture
May 31, 2022 Does Working from Home Benefit Mental Health or Harm It?
Category: Angelia Salgado, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Mental Health, Work from home, Workplace culture
February 22, 2022 New Guidance on Long Covid and the ADA
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, For Employees, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
February 21, 2022 How to Advocate for Your Safety in the Workplace
Category: Accommodation, ADA, ADEA, Anti-Discrimination, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Discrimination, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, NLRA, OSHA, Positive Work Environment, Title VII
February 18, 2022 What If You (Or Your Employee) Cannot Risk Exposure to COVID-19? How to Request (and Grant) a Reasonable Accommodation for COVID-19
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
January 24, 2022 OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Struck Down by Supreme Court, Now Withdrawn
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Legal Changes, OSHA, Poonam Lakhani, Supreme Court
November 15, 2021 OSHA’s New Vaccine Rules Hang in the Balance, but Employers Should Still Develop a Plan
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Compliance , Coronavirus, Courts, COVID-19, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, OSHA, Strategic Planning
September 28, 2021 What Does the Federal Vaccine Mandate Mean for Your Business?
Category: Accommodation, Christina Hynes Mesco, Compliance , Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Exemptions, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, OSHA
September 16, 2021 Can Vaccine-Exempt Employees Be Placed on Unpaid Leave?
Category: Accommodation, Compensation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Exemptions, For Employees, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Poonam Lakhani, Scheduling
August 27, 2021 Can Employers Raise Health Insurance Premiums for Unvaccinated Workers?
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employees, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Matt Tedeschi
March 29, 2021 What Does the 2021 Stimulus Mean for Your Business?
Category: Business assistance, Congress, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Marcet Crockett, Unemployment
February 26, 2021 What Do the New OSHA Regulations Mean for Your Business?
Category: Compliance , Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Government, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, OSHA
January 26, 2021 Should You Pay Your Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Category: Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, For Employers, Matt Tedeschi, Strategic Planning
December 18, 2020 The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Here: What About Religious and Medical Exemptions in the Workplace?
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, EEOC, Exemptions, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, OSHA, Poonam Lakhani, Religion, Title VII
November 23, 2020 Can Employers Require Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
Category: ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz
August 25, 2020 When Parents Are Asked to Be Teachers, the FFCRA Might Help
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Daily Routine, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Sick leave, Work from home
August 17, 2020 Fighting Over Face Masks Is Now “Aggravated Battery” in Illinois
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi
July 15, 2020 On-Boarding in the Age of COVID-19
Category: Business assistance, Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, For Employers, Positive Work Environment
May 31, 2020 How Employers Can Support Mental Health for Returning Employees
Category: ADA, Angelia Salgado, Company Values, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, Employee Relations, For Employers, Mental Health
May 28, 2020 What Should I Do If My Employee Has COVID-19?
Category: ADA, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employment Law, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy
May 26, 2020 How to Re-Open for Business: Some Legal Best Practices
Category: ADA, Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Strategic Planning
May 26, 2020 What Employees Need to Know About Unemployment During COVID-19
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employees, Marcet Crockett, Unemployment
April 30, 2020 Unmasking the Law, Part I: Can an Employer Fire You for Wearing a Mask?
Category: ADA, Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Matt Tedeschi, NLRA, OSHA, Wrongful Termination
April 28, 2020 Is My Company Exempt from the FFCRA’s Expanded FMLA and Sick Leave?
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FLSA, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Scheduling, Sick leave, Small Business
April 08, 2020 Afraid You Can’t Fulfill Your Contract Because of COVID-19? Here Are Some Options.
Category: Contract Law, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, For Employers, Liability, Poonam Lakhani, Small Business, Strategic Planning
April 06, 2020 Winning on the Curves: Transforming Your Workforce When the Pressure is On
Category: Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Small Business, Strategic Planning
March 23, 2020 Help for Small Businesses in the Age of COVID-19
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Financial aid, For Employers, Government, Loans, Matt Tedeschi, Small Business
March 19, 2020 Trump Has Signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into Law. What do You Need to Know?
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employment Law, Financial aid, FMLA, For Employers, Government, Kristen Prinz, Loans, Sick leave, Small Business, Unemployment
March 15, 2020 How Will the Proposed “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” Affect Small Businesses?
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Financial aid, FMLA, For Employers, Government, Kristen Prinz, Sick leave, Small Business, Unemployment
March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: What Are Your Rights at Work?
Category: ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy, Sick leave, Travel, Unemployment, Work from home
March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: An Employer’s Guide to Contingency Planning
Category: ADA, Christina Hynes Mesco, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employers, OSHA, Sick leave, Small Business, Travel, Unemployment, Work from home