This month, our Insurance Update highlights pivotal provisions of the newly installed New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act and looks at issues to consider as the statute moves forward as part of New Jersey’s bad faith law. This post also summarizes New York and Pennsylvania decisions ...
New York City has adopted a new law requiring employers to publicly disclose salary information when advertising a job, promotion or transfer opportunity. The law, which is part of the ongoing effort to close the racial and gender wage gap, takes effect on May 15, 2022 and accelerates the trend ...
The “Great Resignation” among US workers has been triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote work, creating a palpable shortage of qualified professional workers* for hire into open positions in all industries.
As a result, each employer’s search for the best ...
In this post, we summarize three end-of-2021 decisions that dismissed coverage suits by policyholders seeking business income, extra expense and civil authority coverage for COVID-19 losses. As the Southern District of New York recognized in the case that is the subject of our first ...
Status Update
On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure unvaccinated employees: either get vaccinated for COVID-19 or begin weekly testing by ...
- DEVELOP A COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE AND/OR TESTING/FACE COVERING POLICY AND EDUCATE EMPLOYEES. Employers must understand the legal and practical considerations to implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate or, alternatively, a testing/face covering policy to ensure compliance with a ...
Effective October 1, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Technical Instructions for panel physicians requires all immigrant visa applicants to receive a full COVID-19 vaccine series as part of their medical exam prior to being issued a visa. This is a CDC requirement ...
On October 25, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, offering further clarity on some of the longstanding practices surrounding religious-based objections by an employee to a mandatory ...
Each year, 55,000 immigrant visas (green cards) are made available through a lottery in which people who come to the United States from countries with low rates of U.S. immigration may participate.
The U.S. State Department holds the lottery, known as the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program ...
A bill that would provide companies with an affirmative defense for certain data security incidents has been introduced this term in the New Jersey Legislature. The bill seeks to follow legislation passed in other states - Utah, Ohio and Connecticut – by providing an affirmative defense ...