President Biden in an unprecedented move terminated NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb on inauguration day, January 20. Biden also terminated Robb’s deputy, Alice B. Stock. The General Counsel serves a four-year term; Robb’s was due to expire during August 2021. In…

President Trump signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, extending tax credit to employers choosing to extend FFCRA leaves until 3/31/2021.On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law. This alert offers our review of the law and…

On December 16, 2020, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 Question and Answer page to address employment related questions specific to the COVID-19 vaccine. We have previously written about the EEOC’s guidance on the flu vaccine and how that guidance would…

Go to the Headlines New Congress, new court, new president(?), new employment laws Join us on December 8 from 10:00 am until 11:30 am CST for a webinar presentation in which we will assess the implications of yesterday’s national election…

In early August, a federal judge in New York struck down several significant aspects of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) temporary rules under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. On Friday, the DOL issued revised rules to address the concerns…

Go to the Headlines Politics in the workplace: productivity or polarization? In what appears to be our never-ending political season, employers should prepare for employee discussions during work time related to political matters. It really is hard to get away…