Policies / Handbooks

Provide lactation privacy for new mothers

02/17/2022

For more than a decade, federal law has required employers with 50 or more employees to provide reasonable break time for workers to express breast milk for up to one year after the child’s birth. The other key part: Employers must also offer a private location (not a bathroom) that is shielded from view and free from interruptions.

Half of private employers will still require vaccines

02/01/2022

OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate may be DOA, but half of private-sector employers have already instituted their own vax requirements or plan to.

Your own vax mandate? How to make the call

01/27/2022

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against OSHA’s vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees, it’s up to employers to make their own call about whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to leave the choice up to individual workers. Here’s how some employers are handling the uncertainty.

Employment lawyers react to Supreme Court stay of OSHA’s ETS

01/18/2022

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked enforcement of OSHA’s emergency temporary standard that would have required organizations with 100+ employees to implement vaccine-or-test mandates. Legal experts were quick to offer their views on what the ruling means.

Federal contractor vax mandate bottled up in 4 appeals courts

01/18/2022

With OSHA’s vaccine-or-test mandate stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Biden administration is hoping courts will be kinder to its bid to require employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated against covid-19. It’s not looking good.

Supreme Court rejects large employer vax mandate, upholds health-care mandate

01/14/2022

The Supreme Court struck down OSHA’s vaccine-or-test rule, but said the mandate for health-care workers to be vaccinated against covid could go into effect.

Navigate CDC’s new return-to-work guidance

01/13/2022

The CDC recommends a five-day isolation period for everyone who tests positive for covid, whether they have symptoms or not.

4 tips to protect against covid lawsuits

01/13/2022

Covid-safety precautions have come a long way, but the threat of litigation remains.

You risk bias lawsuits if you bypass promotion rules

01/12/2022

When considering promoting an employee, carefully track all of the steps in the promotion process, from the initial job announcement to the final decision. Be sure to follow all your promotion procedures. And never let favoritism taint the process. Otherwise, you could be courting a bias lawsuit.

Supreme Court could strike down one of two mandates

01/11/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to strike down OSHA’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers but uphold a requirement for almost all health-care workers to be vaccinated against covid.