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Employers operating in the state of New Jersey should take note of several new laws that have come into force with immediate effect …

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With effect from July 1st 2020, drivers in Hawaii will be able to select ‘X’ as their gender if they prefer not to identify with male or female on their driver licenses …

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The Minnesota Governor has just signed into force a Workers’ Compensation Bill that will provide a range of benefits to front-line workers who contract COVID-19 …

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Starting with the next election, Hawaii employers will no longer be required to provide employees two hours of time off to vote …

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Although it is universally accepted that an isolation period of at least 14 days is necessary for anyone exposed to COVID-19, in the midst of the worst period of the pandemic, the CDC has relaxed its rules about isolation for “critical infrastructure workers” …

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The Virginia-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has announced that it will be given job security to all 27,000 of its worldwide employees until July 1st 2020 …

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All US States, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, have laws in force that allow women to breastfeed in public or at work …

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Employers should be on their guard against a huge increase in criminal activity relating to the current health crisis …

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The US Department of Labor is responding to the shortage of disposable N95 filtering face masks by suggesting those previously required by employers to wear such masks should consider instead either the use of non-disposable, elastomeric respirators or powered air-purifying respirators …

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Companies will often be in two minds whether to terminate an employee, or put them on furlough …

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The US government is not following the lead of other countries by offering all employers wage subsidies in the form of grants …

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In addition to federal sick pay provisions under the FFCRA, individual states have adopted their own measures, particularly for quarantine/isolation cases …

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Although all employees coming under the definition of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 500-employee threshold may now receive paid sick leave, expanded family and medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) entitlement to extended family and medical leave is conditional on how much FMLA leave they received within the last 12 months …

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The online giant, Amazon, is hiring 100,000 new distribution workers to keep up with the online shopping surge caused by the health crisis …

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Employers with 403(b) plans must amend them in line with IRS guidance by March 31st in order to retain their favourable tax status …

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