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The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational...
This updated overview provides multinational employers practical advice to develop their coronavirus response strategy on an international level and to ensure a safe working environment for their...
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The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational...
This updated overview provides multinational employers practical advice to develop their coronavirus response strategy on an international level and to ensure a safe working environment for their...
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COVID-19 Update: Germany to Give Easier Access to State-Funded Short-Time...
On March 13, 2020 the German parliament passed the “law on the crisis-related temporary improvement of the regulations for short-time work allowance” (Gesetz zur befristeten krisenbedingten...
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Update: New York Governor Cuomo Orders Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce...
Update: At approximately 11:00 a.m. EST, Governor Cuomo announced that 100% of the non-essential NY workforce must now stay home. This directive is expected to take effect on Sunday evening March 22....
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COVID-19 Update: California Governor Orders 40 Million Californians to Stay Home
On the evening of March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newson issued Executive Order N-33-20, which requires all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of...
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COVID-19 Update: DHS Modifies I-9 Physical Presence Requirements
On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will defer the physical presence requirements associated with I-9s. Employers with employees taking physical proximity...
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UK Government Agrees to Pay Employees’ Wages
The UK Government has said they will step in and pay up to 80% of wages subject to a cap of £2500 per month for any employee who is not working but kept on payroll, rather than made redundant. This is...
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New York Governor Cuomo Orders all Non-Essential Workers to Stay Home
In what he described as the “most drastic action” he can take, New York Governor Cuomo has ordered all non-essential workers to stay home, in his latest Executive Order 202.08 issued yesterday...
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COVID-19 Update: Update to California’s Executive Order N-33-20
As a follow-up to Executive Order N-33-20, on March 20, Governor Newsom’s office released a 14-page report which provides additional guidance regarding “essential business operations” in California....
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California Executive Order Allows Businesses To Assert An “Unforeseeable...
California maintains its own “mini” WARN Act, Labor Code section 1400, et seq., which requires employers with 75 or more employees to give 60 days’ notice prior to mass layoffs, substantial...
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COVID-19 Update: FAQs on Employment-related Aspects of the Coronavirus...
The consequences of the spread of the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) have reached the German labour market. Many companies are daily confronted with new and complex legal questions regarding the...
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Preparing Coronavirus Workplace Safety Responses in APAC Countries
As the coronavirus, now officially named the “COVID-19 virus,” continues to spread across the world, employers are also looking to ensure a safe working environment for their employees. In addition to...
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New York COVID-19 Developments: NYS DOL Encourages Workers to File a...
The New York State Department of Labor (“NYS DOL”) has launched a new webpage dedicated to alerting workers regarding COVID-19 related employment protections and allowing them to submit a complaint...
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San Francisco and San Jose Enact Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinances
In response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, on April 7, 2020, San Francisco and San Jose issued emergency orders providing supplemental paid sick leave to certain employees working within their...
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EEOC Expands Guidance Regarding COVID-19
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently updated their guidance relating to the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, addressing several additional FAQ in response to inquiries from...
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New Jersey Delays Expansive Amendments to State’s WARN Act and Excludes...
Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ WARN Act”) that delays earlier amendments that...
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COVID-19 Germany: How to Handle Short-Time Work Amid the Crisis – A Q&A for...
In the wake of COVID-19, many companies in Germany implemented short-time work (Kurzarbeit) in order to safeguard jobs and save on personnel. In our previous blog, we outlined the application process...
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COVID-19 Germany: German Government to Approve New Benefit Packages for...
The German government has agreed on additional benefit packages worth billions. Companies that recently implemented short-time work and their employees are to profit from this. Here are the key...
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COVID-19 – European OSHA Gives Guidance on Returning to Work
When starting to take steps to return to a new normal where business continues, even as outbreaks may flare up, employee health and safety certainly are top of mind. Since many EU member states are...
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Employers as Contact Tracers: the Employment and Privacy Implications of...
Of the many new terms that we have learned as part of the current pandemic, ‘contact tracing’ is one that seems to offer some light at the end of the tunnel. The plan is that contact tracing will work...
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