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OSHA Updates and Removes Guidance From Its COVID-19 FAQs

Kollman & Saucier

08/04/2020

Agency Activity, COVID-19, Workplace Safety

As an increasing number of states, local governments, and private employers are mandating that employees, particularly those who work indoors and in close proximity to other employees, wear masks covering the mouth and nose to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, last Friday, OSHA updated its frequently asked COVID-19 questions and answers. As to wearing cloth masks, OSHA stated unequivocally that workers who wear cloth masks to prevent...

Kollman & Saucier

07/29/2020

Agency Activity, Labor Law

In Excelsior Underwear, 156 NLRB 1236 (1966), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) first required employers to provide unions with the names and home addresses of eligible voters in advance of representation elections. This list of voters became known as an Excelsior list. In 2014, the NLRB expanded the information required to be on Excelsior lists to include all available personal email addresses and cell phone numbers. On Tuesday, July 29,...

Vincent Jackson

06/25/2020

Agency Activity, Wage & Hour

The Department of Labor has pulled back from its policy of seeking liquidated damages – or “double” damages – against employers in wage and hour investigations. On June 24, 2020, the DOL issued a field assistance bulletin which stated that it will no longer apply the default policy of seeking pre-litigation liquidated damages from employers who are found to owe back wages to workers. Specifically, the Department will not assess...

Kollman & Saucier

06/09/2020

Agency Activity, COVID-19

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has delayed the submission of this year's EEO-1 forms until March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, employers must submit demographic workforce data by March 31 for the prior calendar year. The EEOC determined to collect both 2019 and 2020 data in March 2021 given the challenging compensation data of these past few months. The Department of Labor (DOL) published updated COBRA...

Kollman & Saucier

06/06/2020

Agency Activity, Sexual Harassment

In May 2018, we posted about the “Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018” (“Act”). The Act went into effect on October 1, 2018 and has a sunset provision for June 30, 2023. The Act established the requirement for employers with at least 50 employees (at all locations, not exclusively working in Maryland) to submit a survey to the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (“MCCR”) regarding sexual harassment in the...

Kollman & Saucier

06/02/2020

Agency Activity, Union Activity

In December 2019 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a final rule to amend the procedures to be followed in union representation cases. The NLRB said the purpose of the final rule was “to permit parties additional time to comply with various pre-election requirements instituted in 2015, to clarify and reinstate some procedures that better ensure the opportunity for litigation and resolution of unit scope and voter...

Kollman & Saucier

05/19/2020

Agency Activity, Wage & Hour

On May 19, 2020, the United States Department of Labor issued a new final rule that overhauls its 60-year old regulatory guidance on the types of industries that fall within the "retail or service establishment" overtime exemption. The change may result in more employers being able to take advantage of this exemption. Under Section 207(i) of the FLSA, an employer who mets the definition of a retail or service establishment is excused...

Vincent Jackson

03/26/2020

Agency Activity, COVID-19, Disability & Leave

The EEOC issued on March 19, 2020 an FAQ entitled What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19 that contains important guidance for employers adjusting to the new reality presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act continue to apply, they do not prevent compliance with guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or state and local public...

Kollman & Saucier

01/27/2020

Agency Activity, Employment Discrimination

On Friday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its charge-filing statistics for fiscal year 2019, which began October 1, 2018 and ended September 30, 2019. Overall, the Commission received 72,675 charges of discrimination in FY19, down from 76,418 in 2018. Not surprisingly, retaliation charges continued to make up a majority of claims at 39,110 or 53.8%. Compared to other employment discrimination claims, retaliation...

Vincent Jackson

01/21/2020

Agency Activity, Joint Employer, Wage & Hour

On January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that will significantly revise its longstanding interpretation of joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This update marks the first substantive change to the federal regulation concerning joint employer status (29 CFR Part 791) in over 60 years, and provides a new framework for assessing joint employer status when an employee performs work for...

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OSHA Updates and Removes Guidance From Its COVID-19 FAQs

NLRB Proposes Changes To Excelsior Lists

DOL Will No Longer Seek Liquidated Damages As A Default Policy In Wage And Hour Cases

EEOC, DOL, and OSHA Activity For Employers To Note

Maryland Employers Required to Report Sex Harassment Settlements By July 1st

Federal Court Blocks Implementation Of New Election Rules

DOL Issues New Final Rule on Retail or Service Establishment Overtime Exemption

COVID-19 and the ADA

EEOC Enforcement Data Shows Decrease In Overall Complaints For FY19

DOL Issues New Guidance On Joint Employment

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