ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: COMMISSION ISSUES ADDITIONAL CANNABIS GUIDANCE BUT LEAVE EMPLOYERS HANGING ON A “WIRE”
By Rachel M. Manne, Esq. and Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. On September 9, 2022, the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“NJ-CRC”) finally issued its guidance on “Workplace Impairment” (the “Guidance”). The full text of the Guidance can be found HERE. The Guidance has been highly anticipated by employers since the February 2021 passage of the Cannabis […]
EMPLOYERS BEWARE: NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ISSUES A SIGNIFICANT RULING HOLDING THAT EMPLOYEES WERE MISCLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
By Rachel M. Manne, Esq. and Rachel H. Khedouri , Esq. In a decision that should give all employers pause about how they are classifying workers, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that certain workers hired by a residential drywall installation business on a per-job basis should have been employees rather than independent contractors. […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: New Federal Law Allows Employees to Opt Out of Arbitrating Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims
By Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. and Carol Shieh, Esq. Employers who require their workforce to execute predispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers will soon no longer be able to prevent employees from bringing sexual harassment and assault claims to court or participating in joint sexual harassment or assault actions. Signed into law on March […]
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: Time to Ring Out the Old Year with New COVID Information (New CDC Guidelines; Updated OSHA ETS Dates; Supreme Court OSHA ETS Status)
By Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. As we all are getting ready to close the books on 2021, employers should be aware of new developments from the CDC, OSHA and the Supreme Court that impact how companies address the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace now and into the new year: 1. The CDC has shortened its […]
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: OSHA Issues Federal Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Holly English, Esq., Rachel M. Manne, Esq and Rachel H. Khedouri, Esq. [UPDATE: After the below eAlert went to press, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selected the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to preside over the consolidated challenges to the OSHA ETS.] On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: NY HERO Act Airborne Infectious Disease Prevention Plan Requirements Extended to At Least December 15, 2021
As previously described in our September 10, 2021 and October 8, 2021 e-Alerts, the New York Department of Health designated COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a risk of harm to the public. As such, employers subject to the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (the “NY HERO Act”) were required to […]