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OSHA Announces Withdrawal of Large Employer Vaccination and Testing ETS

Kollman & Saucier

01/27/2022

As our Garrett Wozniak wrote on January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court stayed implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) vaccination or test Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for large employers (100 or more employees). The stay effectively ended the ability for OSHA to implement this ETS, as the Supreme Court ruled that the stay would remain in effect following a final decision from...

Kollman & Saucier

01/26/2022

Hiring Process, Restrictive Covenants

“The great resignation,” the current term used to describe the mobility of employees in the COVID-era workforce, is in full effect. Employment is extremely competitive at the moment, and it seems employees are feeling more comfortable changing employers. This can, of course, leave employers in dire circumstances when a group of employees all decide to quit at the same time. Employers are increasingly turning to alternative methods to...

Kollman & Saucier

01/21/2022

Disability & Leave, Employment Discrimination

One of the more challenging areas of employment law that businesses must grapple with is leave accommodations. Employers and employees often disagree about how much leave is too much leave and, when circumstances result in an employee’s termination, it’s not uncommon for litigation to ensue. Such were the facts of an employment dispute decided by the Fourth Circuit this week. Jessup v. Barnes Group, Inc., No. 20-1801 (1/19/22). Plaintiff...

Kollman & Saucier

01/19/2022

Wage & Hour

This is a reminder for all Maryland employers that effective January 1, 2022, Maryland’s minimum wage rates increased to $12.50 for employers with 15 or more employees, and to $12.20 for employers with 14 or fewer employees. Rates will continue to increase gradually each year for both large and small businesses until a $15 an hour rate is reached in 2025 (for large businesses) and in 2026 (for small businesses). Montgomery County Minimum wage...

Kollman & Saucier

01/13/2022

COVID-19, Workplace Safety

The Supreme Court today issued a stay blocking the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination or test rule for employers with 100 or more employees. NFIB v. OSHA, Nos. 21A244 and 21A247 (Jan. 13, 2022). The majority found that those challenging the Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") “are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary [of Labor] lacked authority to impose the mandate.” In its, 6-3 per curiam...

Kollman & Saucier

01/12/2022

Labor Law

In The Boeing Co., 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a new standard for evaluating the lawfulness of workplace rules under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Board has invited briefs on “whether the Board should adopt a new legal standard to apply in cases where an employer’s maintenance of a facially-neutral work rule is alleged to violate Section 8(a)(1) of the Act.” ...

Kollman & Saucier

01/07/2022

Firm News

Four Kollman & Saucier Partners have been named 2022 Maryland "Super Lawyers." Darrell VanDeusen was included for "Employment Defense: Litigation," while Frank Kollman, Pete Saucier and Eric Paltell were included for "Employment and Labor." Eric was also named one of Maryland's "Top 100" lawyers for...

Kollman & Saucier

01/05/2022

Ban-the-Box Legislation

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 became effective December 20, 2021, and requires federal agencies to include language in federal contracts prohibiting contractors from requesting, whether verbally or in writing, the criminal history of a job applicant for work on a federal contract until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. As many employers already know from the myriad state and local laws already in place, the...

Kollman & Saucier

12/28/2021

Labor Law

In The Atlanta Opera, N.L.R.B., Case 10-RC-276292, the National Labor Relations Board is primed to reconsider its 2019 decision in SuperShuttle DFW, N.L.R.B., Case 16-RC-010963. The decision in SuperShuttle, a case involving ride-share franchisees, made it easier for companies to establish that their workers are independent contractors (and not employees) by clarifying and emphasizing that classification as an independent contractor is strongly...

Darrell VanDeusen

12/22/2021

Employment Discrimination

I am not a procrastinator by nature, although some of my closest friends (and a few family members) are. For me, waiting until the last minute to get something done is just irritating and anxiety provoking. But enough oversharing. My point is that, waiting until the last minute to accomplish a task can have a negative outcome. That is what happened to Brian Lax, a former FEMA employee who sued for disability discrimination. Lax v. Mayorkas...

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