26 Apr 2022 Hotel, Insurer Fighting Over Coverage of Employee Privacy Claims Under CGL By Mitzi Hill A Chicago-based hotel seeks coverage for an underlying employee lawsuit related to the use of fingerprint scans to log into the hotel's...
08 Mar 2022 Bi-Partisan Legislation Banning Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims is Signed into Law By Gail Holtzman Last Thursday President Biden signed into law the bi-partisan legislation, “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual...
08 Feb 2022 Bi-Partisan Legislation Banning Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims By Peter Spanos A bill that would allow persons claiming sexual harassment or sexual assault under any federal, state or tribal law to opt out of any...
05 Nov 2021 OSHA Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Large Employers By Gail Holtzman On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an Emergency Temporary...
10 Sep 2021 President Joe Biden’s Path Out of the Pandemic: What Employers Need to Know By Alisa Cleek On September 9, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden announced Path Out of the Pandemic, a new COVID-19 Action Plan, mandating vaccines for...
25 Aug 2021 Redefining "Payday" By Joe English Imagine a future where workers get paid as they work, rather than every two weeks or twice per month. The future is now, and some...
15 Jan 2021 Hiring Bias: How to Acknowledge and Avoid It! By Taylor English The year 2021 has just started and employers both large and small are still reeling from the curve balls in 2020. Business owners and...
12 Oct 2020 President Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral Order By Lauren Marlow On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum and Executive Order whereby the President directed the Secretary of...
12 Oct 2020 SBA Releases Interim Final Rule for PPP Loans of $50,000 or less By Christina Moore The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released an Interim Rule that primarily affects sole proprietors.There are approximately...
02 Sep 2020 State Powers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination and Employee Vaccination Considerations for Employers By Joe English, Christina Moore, Joseph Sullivan In 1955, Canada used an 18-month polio vaccine trial period to set up a compulsory vaccination program. Facing the same health crisis and...
21 Aug 2020 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): Challenges Specific to Childcare & Youth Organizations By Taylor English Earlier this year, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in direct response to the reality that many...
27 Jul 2020 What to Do When Your Employee Refuses to Return to Work Amid COVID-19? By Taylor English The United States is now approximately four months out from when states and localities began to shelter-in-place due to the serious...
01 Jul 2020 Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act By James Balli, Jonathan Crumly On June 26, 2020, the Georgia General Assembly passed the Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act as one of the final bills to pass...
29 Jun 2020 Leave Under the Families 1st Coronavirus Response Act Due to Closure of Summer Camps, Summer Enrichment Programs or Other Summer Programs By Alisa Cleek On June 26, 2020, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) regarding the...
11 Jun 2020 Child Care Providers: Surviving the Summer with or without a PPP Loan By Christina Moore Providers of childcare services are undoubtedly still trying to navigate the current COVID-19 climate. While many childcare providers...
11 Jun 2020 An Anticipated Coronavirus Vaccine: How will Georgia Schools & Daycare Handle Vaccination Exemptions? By Debbie Ausburn, Christina Moore In anticipation of a vaccine for the COVID-19 this fall, it is a good time to revisit the vaccinations requirements in your State and...