9,921 results found

On December 8, 2021, the Texas Workforce Commission ("TWC") sent a letter to all employers in the state of Texas setting forth its position on Executive Order GA-40.

According to a United Steelworkers news release, James Frederick will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)...

In this second of my two-part series on the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), I am joined by my Cozen O'Connor colleague, Debbie Friedman, to discuss the scope of the PWFA...

Washington recently passed a law limiting discovery of medical records and other medical information for discrimination claims brought under the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD).

The Biden Administration has gotten off to a busy start with a wide array of executive actions and policy directives. In this webinar, ...

It is critical that employers begin to consider the important issues that the Ebola outbreak raises about preparedness, protocols and workplace safety.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") "Vaccine or Test" Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") is again stayed...

The Eighth Circuit's recent decision in Christensen v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. provides crucial guidance on when employers can invoke the ADA's direct threat defense to deny accommodation requests. This case demonstrates how employers in safety-sensitive industries can successfully defend their decisions by following proper medical evaluation procedures and relying on current medical knowledge to assess workplace safety risks.

This is very good news for federal contractors that have been struggling to meet the original December 8 deadline to have covered employees fully vaccinated.

Gov. Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 1 into law on February 26, 2021, which increases protection for Wisconsin employers from COVID-19-related civil liability.

On August 5, 2021, the Wisconsin Senate introduced a bi-partisan bill that would require Wisconsin employers to provide "reasonable" unpaid lactation breaks to nursing mothers. Senate Bill 493 (SB 493)...

Healthcare workers who contract Ebola while caring for patients will be covered under most states’ workers’ compensation laws.

It's been another wild year for workplace in the news, with most of the mainstream media focusing on return to office. While strong opinions abound about the exact right solution...

In this episode of Workplace Safety in California, Kevin Bland and Karen Tynan discuss helpful and practical workplace safety information for employers as they prepare to transition employees back...

In this installment of our Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025 podcast series, John Stretton (shareholder, Stamford) and Maria Greco Danaher (shareholder, Pittsburgh)...

Recorded live at Workplace Strategies, Ogletree Deakins' national labor and employment law seminar for human resources professionals and in-house counsel...

In our previous newsletter issue, we informed our readers of the unanimous passage of House Bill 324 Workplace Violence Protective Order Amendments, lobbied extensively by Parsons' Employment...