Labor and Employment

Do Workers Face Covid Risk From The New Joint Employer Ruling?

May 5, 2020

The general counsel of the Service Employees International Union calls it “outrageous and shameful.” The NLRB ruling, which went into […]

Employees Working At Home? Read Your Cyber Policy

May 4, 2020

Some policies exclude devices not owned by the “named insured”; some require that the named insured have an on-the-record….

Compliance Officers Should Have Executive Authority

May 1, 2020

“Sure, it’s crazy to think that any for-profit corporation would cede such power to compliance officers,” writes Richard Cassin. Nevertheless, […]

EEOC Says Companies Can Test Employees For Virus

April 28, 2020

Restricting access to the workplace based on a medical exam is normally frowned upon by the EEOC, but not so […]

Antibody Tests Were Rushed; Setback For A Back-to-Work Strategy

April 24, 2020

Covid-19 antibody tests, considered crucial to any rational back-to-work strategy, have been rushed to market, and many are proving to […]

How Not To Do “Austerity Rollouts”

April 20, 2020

Some law firms have already furloughed employees, cut salaries or laid off employees in response to the Covid crisis, and […]

End Times Near? Executives Cutting Their Own Salaries

April 9, 2020

By the end of March, hundreds of companies worldwide had announced “drastic cuts” to the pay of senior executives…

Flash Survey: How 900 Companies Are Handling Virus Employment Issues

April 9, 2020

It’s fair to say the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest jolt to the workplace at least since WWII. A “flash […]

Unpaid Leaves And Furloughs During The Pandemic

April 8, 2020

At a time of unprecedented stress in many sectors of the economy, some employers are looking to unpaid leaves of […]

Employee Benefits Issues In a Recession

March 27, 2020

Some tips for employers coping with the economic slowdown and viral complications thereof: Keep state privacy laws and HIPPA regulations […]

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