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Meeting employee caregivers’ needs in post-COVID world

02/26/2021
As employers nationwide prepare to meet a new normal, perhaps no subset of the workforce will be more affected than the over 40 million employees who double as caregivers to aging family members, many of whom struggled to find work-life balance even during better times.

Paycheck Fairness Act introduced again, and this time it could pass

02/23/2021
The PFA places a high bar in front of employers trying to justify differentials between the wages paid to women and men.

Poll: Paid family and medical leave has bipartisan support

02/23/2021
A plurality of both Democrats and Republicans favor legislation that would ensure up to 12 weeks of paid leave for employees who have a serious health condition, are caring for a family member or are having a child.

Offering incentives to get the vaccine? Tread carefully

02/19/2021
If you are considering offering a financial incentive, I caution you to tread carefully to make sure that you do you within the bounds of our equal employment opportunity laws.

Report: Wage-and-hour cases to ‘explode’ in 2021

02/19/2021
In 2020, workers filed class-action wage cases at the highest level in two decades, according to Seyfarth Shaw’s annual litigation report.

Expect more covid paid-leave mandates soon

02/18/2021
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s paid-leave mandate ended Dec. 31. The pandemic did not. Numerous state and local governments have filled that gap by enacting their own paid-leave mandates as part of pandemic control and recovery plans.

Another agency to watch out for: the FTC

02/18/2021
Government agencies such as the EEOC and the Department of Labor often sue employers on behalf of employees who claim they were wronged. Now there’s another federal agency taking on employers: the Federal Trade Commission.

Retailers face employees’ covid-related lawsuits

02/18/2021
By early February, almost 200 employees had filed covid-related lawsuits against their retail employers.

Google $3.8M settlement shows equal-pay risk

02/11/2021
Ignoring your obligation to provide equal pay for equal work can be expensive. Google just agreed to pay millions to fix illegal pay disparities. Advice: Ferret out pay imbalances before a federal agency (or class-action lawyer) decides to make an example of your organization.

Remote work could save U.S. employers $500B per year

02/09/2021
“The Business Case for Remote Work” says a typical U.S. employer can save $11,000 per year for each employee who works remotely two to three days a week.