UK: Coronavirus-Related Reasons to Carry Over a Holiday Entitlement
Special rules were introduced earlier this year that allow workers to carry over any unused holiday entitlement if COVID-19...
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Many Workplaces Consider Child Care Subsidies
Some employers are helping employees with children by providing child care subsidies during the pandemic. These typically are employer-provided...
Virginia Employers Must Complete Their COVID-19 Response Plans
Virginia Occupational Safety and Health expects employers to complete their Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plans no later than...
Local Governments Have Cut 900K Jobs, More to Come
The COVID-19 pandemic and related declines in revenues from taxes and fees have hit local governments hard, draining emergency...
Ask HR: Are Resumes and Cover Letters Obsolete?
With all the changes created by the global coronavirus pandemic, are employers rethinking the job application process? And if...
Company Finds Virtual Dog Show Breeds Employee Engagement
Artificial intelligence company Interactions is going to the dogs … in a good way. The Franklin, Mass.-based company conducted...
COVID-19 Workplace Safety Training Rules and Recommendations
Some states require employers to provide COVID-19 safety training and others recommend it. Here’s what employers need to know...
OSHA Cites Three Health Care Systems for COVID-19 Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wrapped up investigations and issued citations against three...
California Governor Signs Supplemental Paid-Sick-Leave Bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1867, which has three new laws combined into one bill. The bill covers supplemental...
Practical Steps to Address Drug Diversion and Abuse During the Pandemic
Today, in the face of a global pandemic and economic recession, health care employees may be more tempted than...
Work Tourism: A New Employee Perk During the Pandemic?
As employees are adjusting to their new work normal, some have identified an unexpected potential perk of the ability...
DOL Issues Revised FFCRA Leave Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA’s) paid-sick-leave and...
OSHA Cites Meatpacking Plants for Coronavirus Failures
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Sept. 10 issued its first citation against a...
EEOC Updates Guidance on COVID-19 Testing
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated guidance clarifying when employers can screen workers for COVID-19 without violating...
The Way We Work Has Changed
Workers who can do their jobs from home say doing so has been an unexpected positive experience during the...
Ask HR: Can Employers Require Employees to Get Flu Shots?
Can workers be required to get flu shots? And as daycares and schools reopen, should employers require remote workers...
For Grocery Workers, a Charity Fund but No More Hero Pay
To some, they’re still heroes: On Sept. 1, United Way and the family-owned winery Kendall-Jackson announced a new relief...
How Canada Accommodates Working Parents During COVID-19
As workplaces and schools closed by the COVID-19 pandemic reopen throughout Canada, many employees are still juggling work with...
Viewpoint: World Suicide Prevention Day and COVID-19
Today, Sept. 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. At this stage of the pandemic, we all need to ask...
3 More COVID-19 Legal Questions You Should Answer
How much should employers reimburse employees for supplies used while working from home? What should employers do for workers...