The following article was written by Wyatt's Glen Krebs on behalf the American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA"). The AILA is the national bar association of immigration lawyers comprised of over 15,000 members located in every state in the United States and worldwide.
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On April 22, 2020, President Trump issued a ...
COVID-19 continues to cause concern for employers, but one concern they may be able to let go of is recording each employee diagnosis with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). Following a letter of concern, OSHA has released new guidelines that COVID-19 would not be a recordable injury for most ...
Many employers are being forced to make tough financial choices to survive the difficult economic climate caused by COVID-19. Before closing offices or instituting furloughs or mass layoffs, employers must consider the requirements of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, as well as any ...
By Marianna Michael
On April 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued its latest Order extending deadlines in response to COVID-19. In what is its most dramatic extension to this point, the Court has limited its functions and those of the Court of Appeals until May 31, 2020. Up to this point, the Court had been extending its deadlines every two ...
Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order on April 9th expanding workers’ compensation benefits to workers who, because of their jobs, are at higher risk of being exposed to COVID-19.
If an employee is removed from work by a doctor due to an “occupational exposure,” the employee will be entitled to ...
A new week brings some important updates for employers related to their workplace health and safety obligations in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis:
- OSHA relaxes COVID-19 recording requirement for most employers.
By Jordan White
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published a new workplace poster aimed at reducing workplace exposure to the coronavirus. Specifically, the poster highlights ten infection protection measures every employer can implement to protect workers’ safety and ...
On April 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued further guidance on its and the Court of Appeals’ operations during the COVID-19 crisis. The Order, which can be found here (https://kycourts.gov/courts/supreme/Rules_Procedures/202016.pdf), extends certain restrictions until May 1, 2020. The Order shares ...
By Daniel Reed
On April 6, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a set of regulations, effective through December 31, 2020, to implement the paid sick and emergency family medical leave expansion provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
The FFCRA requires most employers with fewer than 500 workers ...
Many people feel a certain level of invincibility to data breaches and online scammers, maybe because they are well-read and knowledgeable about what to look for and avoid, or maybe because they simply think they are smart enough to know a scam when they see it. While that may be true in the ordinary course, scammers have adapted ...