With the Covid-19 National and Public Health Emergencies now concluded, the EEOC just published what should be its final updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance, What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.
These updates address employers’ ongoing obligations to employees related to Covid-19 in the
I spent five days this week with 12,000 other people at the Craft Brewers Conference. You read that number correctly, 12,000. It’s something I never could have imagined doing this time last year, or even a few short months ago.This week not-so-coincidentally also marked the official end of the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies.
It is with great sadness that we announce that the Founders Detroit Taproom will be permanently closing its doors today.Unfortunately, our Detroit location has not been immune to the struggle to regain foot traffic after temporary Covid closures that have impacted restaurants and bars across the nation.That was the message that Founders Brewing Company posted
Earlier this week, I joined the People Problem Podcast to discuss death at work. Grim as it might be, it’s an issue that we all face way too often. We talked about appropriate bereavement leaves, how to handle when an employee dies at work, and what best to when a team member dies away from
Four employees of the J.M. Smucker Company sought religious
exemptions from the company’s Covid vaccine mandate. When the company refused, they sued, claiming that the mandate infringed on their First Amendment religious liberties.The 6th Circuit easily concluded that the 1st Amendment does not apply to J.M. Smucker or limits its power to regulate its workplace
Ohio’s Senate recently passed legislation that, if signed into law, would make it easier for businesses to employ 14- and 15-year-old children. SB 30 would amend Ohio’s current child labor laws to permit 14- and 15-year-olds to work later than 7 pm during the school term with “approval to do so from the person’s parent or
Platform Beer Co. shook up the local beer industry Wednesday afternoon when its owner, Anheuser-Busch, confirmed that it had permanently closed the Cleveland brewery (along with its taproom and other related businesses) that it had acquired less than four years ago. All of its employees have lost their jobs as a result.
Some backstory. Platform
The 6th Circuit revived the FMLA retaliation claim of an attorney fired immediately after she requested unpaid leave to care for her two-year old child at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In mid-March 2020, Polina Milman, an attorney working at Fieger & Fieger PC, requested permission first for unpaid time off, and then to
