The pandemic brought with it a fundamental shift from the
traditional office to what many experts call the "hybrid
workplace," where more employees work from home more of the
time. While various technologies have made the transition seamless,
things are not as simple from an employment law standpoint.
To understand why, let's consider an employer with office
locations in New York and Washington, D.C. Before the pandemic, all
its staff worked from those two locations; the employer was thus
subject to New York and D.C. employment laws. Following our
collective shift to the hybrid workplace, certain employees who
were based in the New York office may now work from home in
Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, while certain employees
who were based in the D.C. office now work remotely in Virginia,
Maryland, and Florida.
