On June 8, 2023, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that military leave is comparable to paid administrative leave under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”). In doing so, the 11th Circuit joined the 3rd, 7th, and 9th Circuits...
On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill into law that included a pair of amendments which significantly change civil rights laws affecting new and expecting mothers. Below is a synopsis of the new laws. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”): The...
UPDATE: On Friday, July 29, the Court of Claims agreed to stay enforcement of its July 19, 2022, order until February 19, 2023. This means that, for now, employers can continue their current minimum wage and paid sick leave practices. Our law office...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued his “Path out of the Pandemic” COVID-19 Action Plan (hereinafter “the Plan”). The Plan outlines six general points of focus: 1) vaccinating the unvaccinated; 2) establishing further protections for the vaccinated; 3) keeping schools safely open; 4) increasing...
As a quick recap, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) passed into law in March 2021. One aspect of ARPA requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance...
As a quick recap, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA” or the “Act”) recently passed into law requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance due to involuntary...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) recently passed into law requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance due to involuntary termination of employment or a reduction...
As we reported in our e-mail dated August 13, 2020, the Southern District of New York recently invalidated certain portions of the regulation interpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) – at least for employers within that court’s jurisdiction. In response to the court’s...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was designed to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave related to COVID-19. In order to quell confusion stemming from the FFCRA’s implementation, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) promulgated regulations...
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires covered employers to provide written notice at least 60 days prior to a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” if certain criteria are met. The purpose of the WARN Act is to ensure that state governments can...