Excerpted from a Lexology blog by Cohen & Gresser LLP The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) was signed into law on March 18, 2020. The Act provides paid sick and protected job leave for employees who are unable to work...
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Excerpted from Lexology by Perlman & Perlman LLP COVID-19 has been dominating the news, and with good reason. While the situation is certainly “fluid”, it is likely that many organizations will at some point be asking their employees to work...
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Excerpted from The Seattle Times by Benjamin Romano Four U.S. senators pressed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday for details on how the company is keeping its workers safe, after one of its U.S. warehouse employees tested positive for COVID-19 in...
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Excerpted from BuzzFeed News by Hamed Aleaziz The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors joined immigration judges and lawyers in calling for the immediate shutdown of courts across the country to curb the spread of...
Read More Excerpted from Harvard Business Review by Jeff Levin-cherz and Deana Allen The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to at least 144 countries and has sickened more than 204,000 people, with more than 8,000 deaths...
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Excerpted from CNN by Scottie Andrew and Yiwen Niu You may spend more waking hours at work than you do at home, but when was the last time you really, really cleaned your workspace? Offices provide hundreds of microscopic hiding spots for viruses...
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Excerpted from Law.com by ALM Staff Judicial systems across the nation have implemented a patchwork of policies to deal with the virus, including canceling in-person hearings or requiring litigants to alert the court if they feel ill. A patchwork...
Read More Excerpted from Forbes by Alonzo Martinez The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have labeled COVID-19 (the coronavirus) as a public health emergency. With anxiety surging following the pervasive coverage of the spread of the coronavirus...
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From “zombie-like” behavior in the workplace to one of the most shocking background checks in history, GroupOne Background Screening kicked off its 2020 Webinar Series with “My Top-10 HR Horror Stories” yesterday. The webinar has now been posted...
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From a smell that wouldn’t die to one of the most shocking background checks in history, GroupOne Background Screening will kick off its 2020 Webinar Series with “My Top-10 HR Horror Stories” on Thursday, March 12 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. CST...
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Excerpted from Pittsburgh’s Action News by Elena LaQuatra Parents in the Norwin School District are concerned after a volunteer facing criminal charges was in attendance during a production of the middle school musical. Parents expressed...
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Excerpted from Chicago Tribune by Randy Blaser When I wanted to coach my sons’ youth baseball team, I had to submit to a criminal background check. And when I wanted to go on a camp out when they were in the Boy Scouts, I had to submit to a...
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