Much has been written about employers requiring their employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. The EEOC’s December 16, 2020 Guidance gives employers a green light from an ADA perspective to implement such a program so long as the employer fulfills
Soltism@Work
Michael J. Soltis is an attorney, author, speaker, arbitrator and adjunct law professor of employment and labor law. As an employment and labor attorney, he has focused on leave management issues for more than 30 years. He represented employers in employment and labor law matters for more than 35 years with a national labor and employment law firm, He has provided advice and counsel to employers concerning their compliance obligations and concerning specific employee situations involving state and federal disability discrimination law, family and medical leave acts, pregnancy, paid sick leave laws and more. He has represented employers in courts and administrative agencies on various employment law claims, including disability discrimination, family and medical leave act, pregnancy and related common law claims.
Payroll Deduction to Fund Connecticut Paid Leave Begins January 1, 2021
In 2019, Connecticut passed a paid leave law and amended its family and medical leave act. The law created the Paid Family and Medical Leave Authority, a quasi-government entity, to administer the funding and processing of claims. (Full disclosure: I…
Coronavirus and the National Labor Relations Act
Until last week, there were a host of leave management issues concerning employees who had tested positive for COVID-19 or were isolating at home. As noted in my blog yesterday, the recently-enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act has paid leave…
Health Emergency Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
President Trump signed The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) last Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The FFCRA has eight “Divisions,” lettered A to G. Division C is the “Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act” (EFMLA). Division E is the…
Paid Sick Leave Quarterly: 4Q 2019
Challenges to the Michigan PSL law and Alabama preemption law were resolved during the last quarter. The PSL turbulence in Texas continues as we await a decision from the Texas Supreme Court on whether it will wade into the PSL…
Request for Opinion on Michigan Paid Sick Leave Law Rejected
With two concurring opinions, three dissents, 74 footnotes and a combined 48 pages of opinions, the Michigan Supreme Court yesterday said no, it would not issue an advisory opinion on the legality of the recently enacted state PSL law. In…
Challenge to Alabama Preemption Law Rejected
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, in an en banc decision, rejected the challenge to Alabama’s minimum wage and employment benefits preemption law. The seven-judge majority held that the federal court does not have jurisdiction to hear…
San Antonio Sick and Safe Leave Law Enjoined
The PSL turbulence in Texas continues. A Bexar County judge today temporarily enjoined implementation of San Antonio’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. The Ordinance was to be effective on December 1, 2019.
The petitioners seeking the injunction were the…
San Antonio Sick and Safe Leave Law Enjoined
The PSL turbulence in Texas continues. A Bexar County judge today temporarily enjoined implementation of San Antonio’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. The Ordinance was to be effective on December 1, 2019.
The petitioners seeking the injunction were the…
Paid Sick Leave Quarterly: 3Q 2019
The PSL turbulence in Texas garnered most of the PSL headlines in the third quarter. How that turbulence ends will determine the fate of PSL ordinances in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. This quarterly summary includes:
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