Can Employers Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives for Employees? Can employers offer incentives for employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine? In short, yes. Incentives may take many forms, such as a one-time bonus, a gift card or a few extra vacation…

What the CDC’s Updated Guidance Means for Employers From the Law Office of: Thompson Hine LLP – Nancy M. Barnes, M. Scott Young, Sara Hamilton and Hannah Caldwell The CDC stated on May 13, 2021, and subsequently updated on May…

How Should Your Business Handle CDC’s Decision to Remove Mask Requirements for Fully Vaccinated in Non-healthcare Settings? From the Law Firm of Jackson Lewis PC – Francis P. Alvarez, Jenifer M. Bologna, Sheri L. Giger, Patricia Anderson Pryor and Katharine…

Using the “Direct Threat” Defense to Withdraw an Offer of Hire to a Person with a Disability An employer may assert a “direct threat” defense when making a determination not to hire an applicant with a disability when the employer…

Employer Requirements for Administering Mandated Vaccines for COVID-19 Although mandatory vaccinations are controversial and have received much national attention in recent weeks, employer-mandated vaccinations are not new. Employers have implemented mandatory vaccination policies for years, most often in healthcare settings…

Are You Ready for the New Year? A Message from WorkSaver Systems I am sure I can speak for all our readers when I say “good riddance to 2020!”. With that obvious proclamation, all of us at WorkSaver would like…

(The following article written by the law firm, Proskauer Rose LLP, and published in Lexology. Proskauer is a leading international law firm with offices in  New York, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Paris, São Paulo and Washington,…

Employers have been facing accommodation requests from employees who consider themselves personally at risk for contracting Covid-19. Typically, an accommodation request deals with working from home or remotely in order to limit their contact with coworkers and customers. However, employees…

Now that states and local governments are beginning to relax Stay-at-Home orders, many employers are anxious to have their employees return to work and to some sense of normalcy. Employers that have received PPP funds will need to make sure…

A myriad of federal, state, and local laws has been hastily passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as employers seek to reopen their businesses, in-house counsel and Human Resources professionals tasked with navigating these uncharted waters should bear…