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January 27, 2022

UK: Automatically Unfair COVID Dismissals

As expected, in the UK there has been an increase in employees seeking to bring claims of automatic unfair dismissal where they have been dismissed for safety-related reasons stemming from COVID-19.

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January 26, 2022

Wage Transparency: How Can Multi-State Employers Manage the Compliance Minefield of Wage Disclosure Laws Nationwide?

Pay equity, or the desire to achieve it, has been a hot topic for employers in the United States in the past several years.

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January 26, 2022

Supreme Court Sends Case Involving ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Pleading Standard Back to Seventh Circuit for Revised Analysis

On Monday, January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in a case of critical interest to employers offering 401(k) or other defined-contribution retirement plans.

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January 26, 2022

Federal OSHA Withdraws its Vaccine-or-Test ETS: What’s Next?

On January 26, 2022, OSHA withdrew its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, which required large employers to ensure that their employees either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

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January 25, 2022

California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: The New “Notice at Collection” California Employers Must Distribute to the Workforce

On January 1, 2023, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will go into effect and California employers will be required to develop a compliance model to address the range of new privacy rights granted to their workforce members under the law.

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January 25, 2022

Ontario, Canada Arbitrator Denies Union’s Cease and Desist Application Regarding Employer’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

In Canada Post Corporation and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the arbitrator denied CUPW’s cease and desist application filed under the collective agreement, which arose when the employer imposed a mandatory vaccination policy.

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January 21, 2022

En Banc Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies State Record-Keeping and Minimum Wage Notice Requirements

In a recent decision, the Nevada Supreme Court provided guidance on how employers must maintain wage records and inform employees of minimum wage rate adjustments.

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January 21, 2022

New Jersey Expands Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Workers and High-Risk Settings

Governor Murphy has signed an order requiring that healthcare workers and those at high-risk congregate settings be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including receipt of a booster shot, or have their employment terminated.

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January 21, 2022

Ontario, Canada: Another Arbitrator Upholds a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Agreeing with the “Weight of Authority”

In Teamster’s Local Union 847 v. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the arbitrtor denied a union’s grievance over an employer’s policy that required its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to disclose their vaccine status.

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January 21, 2022

Phased Easing of Public Health Measures in Ontario, Canada to Begin January 31, 2022

Ontario announced that commencing January 31, 2022, in the absence of concerning trends, it would begin to take steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures in phases with 21 days between each step.

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