by Gregg Gerlach | Aug 18, 2020 | COVID
Are OSHA and Workers Compensation The Appropriate COVID Battlegrounds? Employers are seeing all types of claims and lawsuits being brought on behalf of employees regarding safe working conditions. I like the way Amazon.com is defending such a suit in NY –...
by Gregg Gerlach | Jun 30, 2020 | COVID
Is your company’s Questionnaire within the permissible margins? Here’s a quick test – – can you identify the one question below that would NOT be permissible? Symptoms: Have you had a fever in the last 10 – 14 days? Shortness of breath? Cough?...
by Gregg Gerlach | Jun 23, 2020 | Layoffs
NEWS: As we all know now, the law on protecting LGBTQ employees is now settled. The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 split last week held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other federal workplace laws prohibit employers from firing gay, lesbian and...
by Gregg Gerlach | Jun 19, 2020 | Layoffs
You may have obligations to give your employees 60-days’ NOTICE under the federal WARN Act, unless your Company experienced “unforeseeable business circumstances”, including a “government ordered closing of an employment site that occurs without prior notice.” Does...
