ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: UPDATE ON EMPLOYERS MUST ACTIVATE NY HERO ACT AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION PLANS
This week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Department of Health has designated COVID-19 to be a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a risk of harm to the public under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (the “NY HERO Act”). Because of this designation, employers are now required by the […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: UPDATE ON WORKPLACE PROVISIONS IN NEW JERSEY RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LAW
As we reported, on February 22, 2021, Governor Murphy signed NJ A21 (the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“NJCREAMMA”) and A1897/4269 that together provide various employment-related protections for adult recreational cannabis users, adding to the existing protections for registered users of medical cannabis. [Click here for our February 24, 2021 […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS:UPDATED MASK GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
On July 27, 2021, the CDC updated its Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People to add that fully vaccinated people should wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of community transmission of COVID-19 that are considered “high” (more than 100 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period) or “substantial” (50-100 cases per […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: CDC Reverses Course on Mask and Testing Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People; NJ “Strongly Recommends” Masks for All
On July 27, 2021, the CDC updated its Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People to add that fully vaccinated people should wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of community transmission of COVID-19 that are considered “high” (more than 100 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period) or “substantial” (50-100 cases per […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: Quartet of New Laws Reminds Employers to Confirm Employee Classifications
In previous eAlerts we have reminded employers to revisit their independent contractor classifications due to changing laws. Now, New Jersey employers have additional incentive to make sure their employees are properly classified in light of a quartet of new laws signed by Governor Murphy on July 8, 2021. Assembly Bills 1171, 5890, 5891 and 5891 follow […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS:NYDOL Publishes NY HERO Act Airborne Infectious Disease Prevention Standards and Model Airborne Infectious Disease Prevention Plans
Governor Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (the “NY HERO Act”) into law on May 5, 2021, with amendments enacted as of June 7, 2021. The amended law required the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) to publish industry-specific workplace health and safety standards and model plans that address infectious disease […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS:AMENDMENTS TO NEW JERSEY’S WARN ACT MAY NOT BE IN EFFECT AS SOON AS ANTICIPATED…HERE IS AN UPDATE!
As discussed in prior alerts issued by our firm (HERE and HERE), New Jersey enacted legislation amending the New Jersey Warn Act (officially known as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act) to include mandatory severance pay and expanded notice requirements in mass layoffs. Although the legislation had initially been scheduled to take effect on […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: AMENDMENTS TO NEW JERSEY’S WARN ACT MAY BE IN EFFECT SOON…SO THE TIME TO PREPARE IS NOW!
As discussed in a prior alert issued by our firm HERE, new legislation which drastically amends the New Jersey Warn Act (officially known as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act) was scheduled to take effect on July 19, 2020, 180 days after its enactment date of January 21, 2020. However, in light of the […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: NEW YORK UPDATES REOPENING REQUIREMENTS
On June 15, 2021, Governor Cuomo announced that 70% of adults in New York State received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, triggering an update in reopening requirements for offices and certain commercial workplaces. Because of this change, many New York employers will be able to reduce onerous COVID-19-related protocols previously required by the […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS:UPDATED WORKPLACE COVID-19 GUIDELINES ARE IN EFFECT NOW! The Top Ten Updates to California’s OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards Explained
The rollercoaster has come to an end for the time being. On June 17, 2021, the California OSHA Standards Board (the “Board”) voted to adopt significant updates to the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) to be more consistent with the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) and the Center for Disease Control’s (“CDC”) more relaxed restrictions […]