Families First Coronavirus Response Act: The Model Notices Are Here
Yesterday afternoon, on March 25, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued its model notices that meet the requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...
View ArticleDOL Issues Additional Leave FAQs
Overnight, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division posted additional answers to pressing questions regarding leave issues under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. These...
View ArticleDOL Issues Third Set of Leave FAQs
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division continues to burn the midnight oil providing much needed guidance to employers and employees regarding leave issues under the Families First...
View ArticleDOL Rolls Out Leave Act Regulations and Changes Course on Some Issues
On April 1, the paid leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act took effect. Prior to April 1, the DOL issued both a required employer notice and a series of questions and...
View ArticleNew CDC Guidance About Essential Employees Exposed to COVID-19
On April 8, 2020, the CDC announced new guidance for how to handle essential workers who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. To ensure continuity of operations, the CDC says the employer no...
View ArticleReturn to Work, Are You Ready?
Last week, President Trump unveiled his Guidelines for Opening Up America Again. The Guidelines present a three-phase, criteria-based, framework to allow individuals and employers to return to normal...
View ArticleNew Phasing Plan Requirements from Louisiana State Fire Marshal
For clients having operations in Louisiana which were affected by the recent Louisiana stay-at-home order (which expired May 14, 2020), the State Fire Marshal has released new phasing plan...
View ArticleOver $300,000 Owed Employee in Vacation Pay Upon Retirement
Louisiana law requires the timely and prompt payment of all amounts due a discharged, resigning, or retiring employee. Under Louisiana law, vacation pay is considered an amount due if the employee...
View ArticleLouisiana Court of Appeal Declines to Extend Bostock
In Gauthreaux v. The City of Gretna, 22-424 (La. App. 5 Cir. 3/29/23), ___ So.3d ___, 2023 WL 2674191, Louisiana’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that Louisiana’s statutory employment protections...
View ArticleEmployers, Job Applicants, and Reports Potentially Impacting Unemployment...
Media outlets around Louisiana recently reported on a new program from the Louisiana Workforce Commission pursuant to which employers have the opportunity to report job applicants who are either...
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