The countdown to the 2024 Presidential Election has begun and with it comes a whole host of legal challenges for employers. Some of the changes to the legal landscape.
Emerging vaccines bring hope during the ongoing pandemic, but there’s little relief in sight for the upward trend in COVID-19-related lawsuits. Adding to that, employers still have to comply with existing employment laws and legislation, even when new COVID-19-related laws are the main focus. Join the Kelley Drye Labor and Employment team for a deep dive into COVID-19 litigation and legislative trends, including:
Discrimination, retaliation, and COVID-19-related lawsuits
Vaccine mandates and disputes
Whistleblower claims
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The Most-Read Employment Law360 Guests Of 2020
Law360 (December 24, 2020, 3:02 PM EST) (iStock/zhudifeng)
Issues related to the pandemic, including furloughs, worker face covering requirements, workplace temperature taking and whistleblower claims, were among the most-popular employment topics in articles written by Law360 guest experts this year.
April 22
When Your Essential Employees Are Afraid To Come To Work
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, essential businesses with increasingly nervous workforces must ask pertinent questions to determine if fearful employees have a legal basis for staying home, say Barbara Hoey and Nidhi Srivastava at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
April 07
Employer considerations for implementing furloughs should include.