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2023: The Year Pay Transparency Becomes a Much Bigger Deal
The continuing trend of state and local government regulating more aspects of the employment relationship continues, and this time the focus is on pay transparency. These new laws require employers to disclose the pay they offer in job postings. Colorado … Continue reading
Posted in California, Colorado, EEOC, Handbook, Pay, Uncategorized
| Tagged California, Colorado, EEO-1 Reports, Employees, EPEW, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Job Posts, New York, Pay Data Reports, Pay Range, Pay Transparency, Record Keeping, Reporting, Wage & Hour, Washington
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Predicting the Future of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
With the enforcement of the Federal OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on hold pending consolidated review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after multiple legal challenges and a temporary stay by the Fifth Circuit on … Continue reading
President Biden Issues New Vaccine Mandate For All Employers With 100 Or More Employees
Frustrated with a lagging rate of vaccinations, the Biden Administration decided to get out the stick since the carrot has not improved the vaccination rates to the levels that it wants to see. The Department of Labor, through the Occupational … Continue reading
Employers Revisit Mandatory Vaccinations for Employees Following Full Approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
On Monday, August 23, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) formally approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 16 years of age and older. With this new and much-anticipated approval from the FDA, the Department of Defense immediately mandated … Continue reading
President Biden Focuses on Strengthening COVID-19 Workplace Compliance
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) issues and proposed actions took center stage in the first week of the Biden Administration. The President called for greater enforcement by OSHA of more stringent worker safety standards. Central to this call is greater … Continue reading
Show Them the Money: Colorado’s New Equal Pay Law
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) goes into effect January 1, 2021. To implement the Act, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment recently adopted the Equal Pay Transparency (“EPT”) Rules. Here, we summarize certain notable features of … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Hiring, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Colorado, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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Cal-OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Regulation
On Thursday, November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board unanimously passed an emergency Cal-OSHA regulation. The final draft was sent to the Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) on November 20, 2020. OAL will have 10 days … Continue reading
Posted in California, OSHA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, OSHA
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Colorado Enacts the “Healthy Families and Workplace Act”
The new Healthy Families and Workplace Act (“Act”) requires all private employers in Colorado to provide three types of paid sick leave to their Colorado employees: 1) COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave; 2) paid sick and safe time; and 3) … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Sick Leave, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Colorado, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
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COVID-19: Employment Squalls Likely to Hit Employers
Many employers have opened for business and now hope for much-needed smooth sailing. As they chart their course for open and calm waters, however, employers would be well-served to keep their spyglasses focused on the horizon’s rough seas. Click here … Continue reading
Posted in ADEA, FLSA, OSHA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, FFCRA, OSHA, Wage & Hour, WARN Act
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Updated EEOC Guidance for Employers Permits Testing for COVID-19
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently published updated and expanded technical assistance addressing questions arising under federal equal employment opportunity laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The April 23, 2020 guidance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, EEOC, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC Guidance
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