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  • DOL Pumps It Up With New Guidance on PUMP Act Enforcement

    The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2023-02 providing guidance to agency officials responsible for enforcement of the “pump at work” provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)  including those recently enacted under the 2022 PUMP Act. The PUMP Act was adopted along with the Pregnant... Continue Reading
    May 18, 2023
  • New Executive Order Relieves Federal Contractors From Safer Federal Workforce Requirements

    As anticipated, President Joe Biden has rescinded the COVID-19 safety requirements for federal contractors in connection with the declared end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the World Health Organization determination that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Read more here. Continue Reading…
    May 17, 2023
  • New Executive Order Relieves Federal Contractors From Safer Federal Workforce Requirements

    As anticipated, President Joe Biden has rescinded the COVID-19 safety requirements for federal contractors in connection with the declared end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the World Health Organization determination that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Read more here. Continue Reading
    May 16, 2023
  • EEOC Revises its COVID-19 Guidance, Again

    On May 15, 2023, in response to the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 technical assistance: “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws”. This guidance has now been updated roughly a dozen times since the start of the pandemic.... Continue Reading
    May 15, 2023
  • As the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends, Employers Ask Now What?

    The U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023, one week after the World Health Organization determined that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. On that same day, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The... Continue Reading…
    May 12, 2023
  • As the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends, Employers Ask Now What?

    The U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023, one week after the World Health Organization determined that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. On that same day, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The... Continue Reading
    May 11, 2023
  • Ending of Federally Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

    The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that, at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The COVID-19 public health emergency also will end on the same day. In addition, the Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... Continue Reading…
    May 4, 2023
  • Ending of Federally Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

    The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that, at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The COVID-19 public health emergency also will end on the same day.  Learn more here. Continue Reading
    May 3, 2023
  • Ending of Federally Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

    The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that, at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The COVID-19 public health emergency also will end on the same day. In addition, the Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human...
    May 3, 2023
  • Columbus, Ohio, Bans Inquiries Into Applicants’ Salary History

    The City of Columbus joins Toledo and Cincinnati as the latest Ohio city to prohibit employers from asking prospective employees about past compensation. Effective March 1, 2024, employers operating in Columbus may not ask about a prospective employee’s wage or salary history. Read more. Continue Reading
    April 18, 2023

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