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July Tip Of The Month: New York COVID Sick Leave Law Finally Sunsets

Enacted in the early days of the pandemic, the law required employers to provide a separate allotment of paid sick leave to employees who were subject to mandatory or precautionary quarantine...

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Perkins Coie LLP

New York COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Expires

More than 5 years from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York's COVID-19 paid sick leave law has now officially expired as of July 31, 2025.

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Mintz

Classified Workplace Changes: DCSA Deadlines And Transitions Applicants And Holders Need To Know

Following the Global Financial Crisis (2008) and the COVID Pandemic (2020-2023), many young professionals sought Federal work as a means of building security in their professional lives.

United States Technology

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Tully Rinckey

New York State's COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Will Sunset On July 31, 2025

As we previously reported, New York's COVID-19 Sick Leave Law (amending N.Y. Lab. L. §196-b) will expire on July 31, 2025.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Dismissal Affirmed In Discrimination Challenge To COVID-19 Policy

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

OSHA Proposes Changes To Reporting And Recordkeeping Requirements

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Changing Workplace: The Outcomes And Challenges Of Return-To-Office Mandates In 2025

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 102: Key Developments In Labor Class Actions (Video)

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

We Are Almost Back To Normal Post-COVID, Except When It Comes To Nurse Staffing

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Fennemore

That's It, Folks! Cal/OSHA's COVID Rule Has (Mostly) Expired

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sunsetting Of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The Future Of Work: An Update From The Campaign Trail And The Hill (Spoiler Alert: COVID-19 Is Taking Center Stage)

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOJ Withdraws Eleven ADA Guidance Documents For Public Accommodations

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds That Petitioning The State Government Is Not Conduct Protected By The Common Law Tort Of Retaliatory Discharge Against A Private Employer

United States Employment

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Arbitration Essentials: How To Initiate And Navigate An International Arbitration, Part 2: Hearings

United States Litigation

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JAMS

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Tax

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Hall Estill

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

DOJ Withdraws 11 Pieces Of Americans With Disabilities Act Title III Guidance: What Covered Businesses Need To Know

The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew 11 documents providing guidance to businesses on compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III).

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

End Of An Era: Cal/OSHA's COVID Non-Emergency Standard Sunsets

As of February 3, 2025, most of Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Standards have officially come to an end.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Three Things Employers Should Know Now

California employers face new compliance updates in 2025, including the expiration of most COVID-19 prevention regulations, a mandatory whistleblower notice posting...

United States Employment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

First In, Last Out: California's First-In-Nation COVID-19 Regulation Finally Rides Off Into The Sunset (Mostly…)

Nearly all of the substantive provisions of Cal/OSHA's non-emergency COVID-19 regulation expired on Monday, February 3, 2025. The event marked a significant end point to the regulatory...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New York To Require Paid Prenatal Care Leave Among Other Updates In Budget Legislation

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

The CDC Issues New COVID-Related Guidance: What This Means For Employers

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Mintz

CDC Changes COVID Guidance

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Fairfield and Woods

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 120: CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact On New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Trims COVID-19 Isolation Guidance: COVID-Positive Individuals Need Only Isolate For 24 Hours After Being Fever-Free

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Ends 5-Day Isolation Guideline For COVID-19, Impacting New York State COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Requirements

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Proskauer Rose LLP

No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Where We Are Now: COVID-19 Testing And Treatment Under High Deductible Health Plans

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Are We Seeing A Trend? More Judges Aren't Falling For Spurious COVID-19 Religious Accommodation Claims

United States Employment

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

An Employee Who Wanted Religious Exception For The COVID-19 Vaccine Got Called On It. Guess What Happened Next?

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available.

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Where We Are Now: COVID-19 Testing And Treatment Under High Deductible Health Plans

Individuals must generally meet certain requirements to be eligible to contribute to a health savings account ("HSA").

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Are We Seeing A Trend? More Judges Aren't Falling For Spurious COVID-19 Religious Accommodation Claims

Earlier this week, I wrote about a judge calling out an employee for trying to cast a personal choice to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 as some deeply religious decision.

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

An Employee Who Wanted Religious Exception For The COVID-19 Vaccine Got Called On It. Guess What Happened Next?

I'll bet nowhere on your HR job description is there anything about serving as the religion police.

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

California Relaxes COVID-19 Isolation And Testing Guidelines

United States Employment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Private Sector Employers Face $50,000 Fine For Vaccine Mandates, New Texas Law Says

Texas has joined a number of other states in prohibiting employers, including healthcare providers, from requiring their workforces to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Texas Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For Employees And Contractors

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law SB 7, which bans private employers of any size from imposing or enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates as a condition of employment.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

California Employers Must Pay COVID Work-From-Home Expenses

California employers must reimburse workers for their COVID work-from-home expenses, a panel of the state's Court of Appeal has ruled.

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

IRS Finalizes Rules To Collect Taxes On Erroneously Claimed Employee Retention Credits And Other COVID-19 Tax Credits

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have finalized rules for the recapture of erroneously claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC)...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Employer Not Liable For Employee's Spouse's COVID-19

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Remote I-9 Verification Here To Stay For Eligible Employers

United States Immigration

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Revised I-9 Form Published August 1

United States Immigration

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Klasko

DHS Introduces Alternative Remote I-9 Verification Procedure And New Form I-9

United States Immigration

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Perkins Coie LLP

August 1 Marks New Era In Remote Document Verification For Qualified E-Verify Employers As Well As A New Compressed Form I-9

United States Immigration

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

DHS Issues New I-9 And Rolls Out New Alternative For Verifying Remote Employees

United States Employment

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

I-9 COVID-19 Flexibility And Compliance: The Expected End And New Beginning (Podcast)

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Insights On Hybrid Work, Changing Regulations And Evolving Arizona Workforce Expectations

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Homeland Security Provides New Flexible Option For Remote Form I-9 Document Inspection

United States Immigration

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McGuireWoods LLP

The End Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Declaration And Impact On EEO Laws

United States Employment

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Cranfill Sumner

Appellate Division Rules COVID Cannot Be A Compensable Injury Without An Identifiable Physical Occurrence

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Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP

California Supremes Set Bounds On Employer Duty To Non-Workers

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

End Of COVID-19 National And Public Health Emergencies

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Cal/OSHA Definition Changes Make Outbreaks Less Likely

United States Coronavirus

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

COVID-19 Relief For High Deductible Health Plans Expires In 2024

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

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The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 102: Key Developments In Labor Class Actions (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Alphabet Soup Of Leave Laws - OnDemand (Video)

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Lathrop GPM

ELAH VIDEO - COVID Religion Exemption Requests

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Brennan Manna & Diamond

TLDR - Intro Video And Masking Update (Video)

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Adjusting COVID-19 Protocols Amid The Rise Of The Delta Variant (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

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