On Monday, August 23, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") formally approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 16 years of age and older.

Beginning July 1, 2022, New Mexico will require private employers to provide up to 64 paid sick leave hours to their employees each year.

When the EEOC confirmed months ago that employers could mandate Covid-19 vaccines without violating employment laws, the agency did not answer a lingering question regarding a non-employment statute...

Frustrated with a lagging rate of vaccinations, the Biden Administration decided to get out the stick since the carrot has not improved the vaccination rates to the levels that it wants to see.

Due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many local governments in California have passed eviction moratoriums prohibiting landlords from evicting residential tenants who fail to pay rent.

Institutional investors and other stakeholders are seeking better information from public companies on workforce diversity.

After the publication of our Legal Alert on the Supreme Court decision lifting the stay on the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (the "Rule")...

California employers have certainly had to be on their toes these last two years when it comes to dealing with COVID in the workplace. This week was no different.

The California Senate recently pass a bill which, if enacted, would permit employees in California to refuse to report to work when they feel "unsafe."

In a recent case, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") confronted the issue of whether the display of an inflatable rat ("Scabby") and banners by a labor union...

On the heels of the United States Supreme Court's decision against the NCAA last month, the NCAA passed an interim name, image and likeness ("NIL") policy to allow athletes the opportunity to strike deals...

With the enforcement of the Federal OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") on hold pending consolidated review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after multiple legal challenges and...

The minimum wage for federal contractors may increase to $15.00 on January 30, 2022, up from the current minimum wage of $10.95.

The road to independent contractor status for rideshare and food delivery drivers working for companies like Uber, Lyft, and Grubhub in California has been neither smooth nor inexpensive...

Yesterday, November 16, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the "Panel") held a lottery to select the federal appeals court to address the 34 petitions seeking review of the COVID-19 Vaccination ...

In a February 3, 2022 opinion by the Utah Court of Appeals, the struggle that courts have in distinguishing between employees and independent contractors continues.

On December 7, a Georgia federal judge blocked the highly contentious federal contractor vaccine mandate from going into effect nationwide.

On July 1, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance reminding applicants to distinguish between prophetic examples and working examples.

In Announcement 2017-11, the IRS relaxed standards for hardship distributions and loans from qualified retirement plans for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

As anticipated, President Joe Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act ("the Act") today.