#WorkforceWednesday

It’s #WorkforceWednesday. This weekly newsletter provides you with a cost-free, convenient way to quickly browse the most significant news impacting your workforce.

Watch the week’s top workforce management and employment law news and read further below:


Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Overcast, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher.

COVID-19 Pandemic

The efforts to contain the coronavirus in the United States have entered a new phase, with broad implications for the workplace. Last week, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 a global pandemic, triggering a wave of travel restrictions and business closures in the United States. Read the latest developments impacting employers at EBG's Coronavirus Resource Center: www.ebglaw.com/coronavirus.

Amended Election Rules Challenged

As expected, the National Labor Relations Board has seen the first challenge to its amendments reversing the “quickie election” rules. The challenge comes from the AFL-CIO, which filed suit to stop the amendments from going into effect on April 16, 2020.

EEOC Limits General Counsel's Authority

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to limit the authority of its General Counsel to decide which cases to pursue. This decision follows an aborted attempt from the EEOC last year to revoke the General Counsel’s litigation authority completely.


Other Highlights

Coronavirus’s Impact on Immigration and Employee Benefits

  • Working from home could negatively affect the status of employees who are under H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 status. Read more in our March Immigration Alert.
  • The Internal Revenue Service will allow a high-deductible health plan (“HDHP”) to permit testing for, and treatment of, COVID-19 without a deductible, or with a deductible below the minimum deductible for an HDHP. Here’s more.

NJ Medical Cannabis Users Protected

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruledthat employees who legally use cannabis, as permitted by the state’s medical marijuana law, may not be fired because they use medical cannabis and that such employees are entitled to reasonable accommodation.

In Case You Missed It: Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Manage the Impact on Your Global Workforce

In a Deloitte Dbrief webcast, Erika Collins and Susan Gross Sholinsky, Members of the Firm, participated in a panel discussion with members of Deloitte Legal, providing best practices for multinational employers in responding to a global pandemic. Please click here to view the recording of this presentation.


About Employment Law This Week

Employment Law This Week® gives a rundown of the top developments in employment and labor law and workforce management in a matter of minutes every #WorkforceWednesday. 

SUBSCRIBE TO #WORKFORCEWEDNESDAY

Prefer to Listen?

You can subscribe to Employment Law This Week episodes on your preferred podcast platform – Amazon Music / AudibleApple Podcasts, Audacy, DeezerGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadio, Overcast, PandoraPlayer FM, Spotify.

Spread the Word

Megaphone

Would your colleagues, professional network, or friends benefit from #WorkforceWednesday? Please share the edition each week on LinkedInFacebookYouTubeInstagram, and Twitter, and your connections can subscribe for email notifications.

Trouble viewing the video? Please contact thisweek@ebglaw.com and mention whether you were at home or working within a corporate network. We'd also love your suggestions for topics and guests!

EMPLOYMENT LAW THIS WEEK® is a registered trademark of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Back to Series
Jump to Page

Privacy Preference Center

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.