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In a prior article, we explained Senate Bill 95, which requires
employers with more than 25 employees in California to provide
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick leave. You can read
it here. SB 95 creates California Labor
Code Sections 248.2 and 248.3. It goes into effect on March
29, 2021, and
applies
retroactively to January 1, 2021. This new
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law allows covered employees
to take up to an
additional 80
hours of paid COVID-19 related sick leave.
The Labor Commissioner recently posted a frequently asked questions list
addressing SB 95. It also provided this poster, which all employers with 25 or more
On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 95 into law. The law requires public and private employers with more than 25 employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave for absences related to COVID-19.
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its chill on the hospitality
industry, ADA-related digital lawsuits increased by approximately
23% in 2020. Many of these lawsuits are filed against hotels. The
complaints allege that a hotel s online reservation system
failed to provide enough detail for individuals with disabilities
to decide if the hotel meets their accessibility needs.
These plaintiffs will often claim that it is insufficient to
describe an aspect of a hotel or room as “accessible”
because the term is an opinion or conclusion. Plaintiffs argue that
The New York State Department of Labor ("NYSDOL") has issued guidance on the State's recently enacted COVID-19 vaccine leave law, which went into effect on March 12, 2021.
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One year after the World Health Organization declared the
coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, more and more employers are
discussing the possibility of returning to the office. However,
many general counsel and leaders of legal functions indicate that a
return won t be quick or easy, according to a poll conducted by
Morrison & Foerster.
The more than 350 total responses to the poll, conducted from
March 1 to March 9, underscore the uncertainties around a return.
Even if assured of their safety, 41 percent of leaders of legal
functions said they would not return, and 11 percent were unsure.