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In the past few years, or even longer, workplaces have struggled
with how they should handle social, political, racial and other
topics previously thought off limits in the workplace. With an eye
towards allowing, and even encouraging, employees to bring their
whole selves to work, many employers have inadvertently stepped
into a minefield of moral, ethical and legal issues that had not
been previously addressed, let alone discussed, in many workplaces.
I present this quandary as a positive, not as a negative. I have
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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently altered existing guidance on travel to
the United States and further restricted business travel from
certain countries, including the Schengen Area of Europe, United
Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, People s Republic of
China, and Iran. The new guidance restricts the definition of
eligibility for “National Interest Exemptions” for
individual non-U.S. citizens to travel to the United States for
business purposes, including employee visa holders.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States
issued sweeping restrictions that prohibit the entry of most
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The end of 2020 was not the end of the California
Legislature s focus on employment-related legislation. Just two
months into the new year, the Legislature has already introduced
several bills addressing the workplace that could impact employers
who still may be implementing coronavirus-related legislation. This
article discusses two such bills on the horizon that employers will
want to follow as they work their way through the Legislature.
AB 1179 - Paid Backup Childcare
The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, embodied
in Labor Code Sections 245-249, requires employers of all sizes to
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U.S. House and Senate Democrats recently reintroduced the
union-friendly Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021.
According to its sponsors, the PRO Act restores fairness to the economy by strengthening the federal
laws that protect workers right to organize a union and
bargain for higher wages and better benefits. Discussing the
legislation last month, House Speaker Pelosi stated that [w]ith American workers seeing their lives and livelihoods
devastated by the ongoing pandemic and economic crisis, the
re-introduction of the PRO Act is more important than ever.