As we navigate the COVID 19 pandemic, nearly every employer that is still able to operate is doing so with at least some combination of teleworking. Many employers are operating exclusively through teleworking. While teleworking allows companies to continue to operate, it presents several important employment law and HR considerations. Usually, teleworking was offered to […]
I wrote my last column in the shadow of the coronavirus shutting down wide swaths of the northeast and California and Washington State doing the same. Since then, nearly all of the country has followed suit. Hundreds of thousands have now been diagnosed with COVID 19 in the United States and tens of thousands have […]
Unprecedented. Surreal. I have been using those terms with clients over and over as we respond to issues that arise out of the COVID-19 coronavirus. There is literally no road map for what we have gone through in this past week and what we will likely go through over the coming weeks and months. As […]
Winter brings us to peak flu season. Employee absenteeism, whether for the employee’s own illness or that of a family member, becomes a regular issue for many employers. Fortunately, for most employers the absences caused by the flu and other common ailments are of short duration and covered by the employer’s sick leave policy. Operations […]
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