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Employment and Labor GroupCongress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, December 2020
The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) were buried in over 5,000 pages of text and provide a choice for employers to continue paid leave benefits for their employees as follows: Congress extended the tax credits for employers that provide both paid sick leave and paid family leave through March 31, 2021...
Vault Your Business Out of the Pandemic: Three Employment Topics to Keep an Eye On
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, December 2020
“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” Gregory S. Williams Your business and employees have just experienced an extraordinary year. We have learned new ways of working, embraced new technology, and incorporated many new legal requirements, but most importantly, we have persevered...
The CDC Revises the Definition of Close Contact
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, October 2020
On October 21, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a new guidance for use by contact tracers that clarifies what had been a somewhat fuzzy definition of “close contact.” The new definition increases the number of individuals presumed to have an exposure to COVID-19, and will significantly affect schools and workplaces since those presumptively exposed individuals will be asked to isolate for a period of 14 days...
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- COVID-19: Emergency Imposition of Paid Family Medical and Sick Leave
- Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional
- Vault Your Business Out of the Pandemic: Three Employment Topics to Keep an Eye On
- OP-ED: Portland Real Estate Trends to Monitor in the Year Ahead
- New Federal Contractor Requirements under Executive Order 13950: Prohibiting Race or Sex Stereotyping or Scapegoating
- Oregon Health Authority’s New Mask Guidance Affecting Oregon Businesses
- The CDC Revises the Definition of Close Contact
- Oregon Upholds Meal-Break Compliance
- Drafting Legally Sound Job Descriptions
- Oregon Employment Law Update: Summary & To Do List
- Oregon Minimum Wage Increase
- New Requirements for Noncompetition Agreements in Oregon and Washington
- Avoiding Discrimination Claims as the Result of a Reduction in Force
- Federal Overtime Rule Updates
- Oregon Equal Pay Act: What Employers Need to Know
- A Human Resources Manager’s Guide to the GDPR (Part 4)
- Key Steps to GDPR Compliance for U.S. Companies (Part 3)
- Key Privacy Requirements of the GDPR for U.S. Companies (Part 2)
- How the GDPR Will Impact U.S.-Based Companies (Part 1)
- Congress Paves the Way for Tip Pooling to Include Back-of-the-House Employees
- New Proposed Rule Allowing Tip Pooling Between Servers and Back of the House
- BOLI Publishes Final Manufacturing Overtime Rules and Sample Overtime Consent Form
- Public Hearing Set for Amended Overtime Statutes
- Department of Labor and Industries Issued Final Paid Sick Leave Rules
- 2017 Manufacturing Employment Law Update
- Federal Contractors Must Now Provide Privacy Training to Employees Who Handle Personally Identifiable Information
- Top Employment and Employee Benefit Issues to Look for in 2017
- BOLI Changes Rule Regarding Overtime Payment For Manufacturing Employees
- Federal Court Issues Injunction Blocking DOL Salary Rule
- OSHA Citations for Workers’ Compensation Retaliation, and More
- OP-ED: Choosing the next-level leader for a family business
- Manufacturing and Technology Industry Skills Gap for Incoming Youth: Takeaways from Gateway to College Panel Discussion
- DOL Announces Final Rule Updating Overtime Exemptions
- Update on Salary Increase for the FLSA White-Collar Exemptions
- New Restrictions on Tip Pooling
- City of Portland Passes More Restrictive Ban the Box Ordinance
- Schwabe in the Field: New Paid Rest Break Ruling Burdens ?Washington Agriculture — Oregon May ?Be Next??
- It's Time (It's Really Time!) to Evaluate Independent-Contractor Classifications
- Don't Forget About ?Employment Agreements
- ADA Best Practices For Employers Engaging in an Interactive Process Conversation with Employees?
- Protecting Social Media Information When an Employee Leaves
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- Top Employment and Employee Benefit Issues to Look for in 2017
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