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On 1 August 2022, the Act implementing the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (the Act) likely will enter into force, as EU Member States have until that date to implement the directive into their own national laws. As a result, employers will have to revise standard employment agreements and employee handbooks.
Although New York’s statewide indoor mask mandate ended Feb. 10, 2022, New York employers must continue to implement airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans, pursuant to the New York Health and Essential Rights (NY HERO) Act, through at least March 17, 2022.
In true California fashion, the legislature had a busy session that resulted in a number of new employment-related statutes and amendments being passed just in time for the holidays and will go into effect as of January 1, 2022 (unless otherwise noted below). While there were a few welcome “stocking stuffers” for California employers, the
On Oct. 31, 2021, New York Gov. Hochul issued an order extending until Dec. 15, 2021, the designation of COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease.”
On Sept. 30, 2021, New York Gov. Hochul issued an order extending until Oct. 31, 2021, the designation of COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease.”
On Sept. 28, 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 606 (SB 606), which, among other things, creates two new categories of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) violations: “egregious” and “enterprise-wide.”
The new categories of violations carry significant monetary penalties against employers. Employers face up to $134,334
On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (EO), mandating vaccines for all federal employees and covered federal contractor employees. Although the respective agencies are expected to promulgate guidance and rules effectuating the EO, which will become effective Oct. 15, 2021, the Safety Federal
On Sept. 6, 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Department of Health had designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a risk of harm to the public under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO Act), which passed May 5, 2021. As a result, NY
You are invited to listen to Episode 11 of Greenberg Traurig’s Workplace Safety Review Podcast, “Diversity in the Environmental, Health & Safety Community – What Needs to Be Done?”
In this episode, Greenberg Traurig’s Michael T. Taylor, chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Group, speaks with Francene
You are invited to listen to episode 7 of Greenberg Traurig’s Performance Review podcast, where Shareholders Ryan Bykerk and Philip Person discuss Cal/OSHA inspections with Michael Taylor, former general counsel to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and current chair of GT’s OSHA Group.