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Compliance Alert – City of Chicago Employers
On July 1, 2022, new obligations will be placed on Chicago employers under the City’s heightened sexual harassment protections for employees. The amendments to the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (Ord. 2022-665) were…
NY Requires Notice of Electronic Monitoring to Employees — Are You In Compliance?
As of May 7, 2022, new amendments to the New York Civil Rights Law ( linked here ) requiring New York employers to provide notice of electronic monitoring to employees went into effect. If your company has not already…
Governor Hochul Unmasked: New York Judge Strikes Down State Mask Mandate
Judge Thomas Rademaker, a New York State Supreme Court Judge in Nassau County, yesterday issued an order striking down the statewide mask mandate issued by the Department of Health in December, which requires that all…
I Hear That Whistle Blowing: New York’s Expanded Whistleblower Law Raises Volume On Employers
New York State lawmakers have done it again – amending an often-forgotten whistleblower statute of limited application into a sweeping new source of employee rights that should make employers listen up and take notice.…
Supreme Court Splits on Vaccine Mandates
Last week, the Supreme Court issued two opinions on COVID regulations impacting employers and workers across the country. In the first, the Court stayed OSHA’s “vaccine or test” mandate for employers with 100 or…