Employers are booking venues and planning for the annual company holiday party. As these preparations are made, Human Resources should review these tips to reduce the likelihood of post-holiday party human resources hangovers.
Keeping Off Santa’s Naughty List Because of your Behavior at the Company Christmas Party
There are important mid-term elections occurring in Texas on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Early voting runs from October 24 though November 4, 2022. There are many statewide, state district and U.S. representative races to be decided in this election.
In Texas, employers are required provide employees with time off
EEOC regulations require employers to post notice of employee rights that protect employees from discrimination. These posters must be posted in conspicuous places. The EEOC has updated its “Know your Rights” posters. Employers should update their posters with the most recent versions from the EEOC. You can access the English and Spanish versions for posting
On March 3, 2022, the President signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“Act”). The new law amends the Federal Arbitration Act to prohibit the enforceability of mandatory, predispute arbitration agreements and class action waivers of sexual assault and sexual harassment disputes. The passage of the law comes
Enforcement of the Biden Administration’s three vaccine mandates (i.e., government contractor, CMS and large employer mandates) had been stayed or partially stayed by various federal courts. The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) applicable to most employers having 100 or more employees was stayed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals prohibiting enforcement of the rule.
Some of the best lessons are those learned not through our own mistakes; but rather by the mistakes of others. We get all the same knowledge without the pain associated with learning by our own mistakes. Fifteen years ago, Radio Shack was blasted for communicating the layoff of over 400 workers to the employees by
On November 4, 2021, OSHA issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing. The ETS requires that employers with more than 100 employees require most employees get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing and masking. OSHA’s ETS preempts any conflicting state or local laws.
The ETS
On October 12, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive order prohibiting businesses and employers from requiring employees and consumers who object to getting a COVID-19 vaccine for reasons of personal conscience, religious belief or medical reasons (including prior recovery from COVID-19) to be vaccinated. The order states as follows:
No entity in Texas
Last week President Biden announced that he was directing OSHA to develop and publish an emergency temporary standard requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing. According to the White House, this standard would apply to 80 million private sector employees. Ohio employment lawyer
Yesterday, President Biden announced that he is directing the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) to engage in emergency temporary rule making and issue a standard requiring employers with more than 100 employees to cause their employees to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative for COVID-19 on a weekly basis. The President’s