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April 14, 2020

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Interim Enforcement Response Plan

On April 13, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019, providing specific guidance to administrators on how to investigate potential COVID-19 hazards.

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April 14, 2020

Venezuela: Ratifican Inamovilidad Laboral durante la emergencia del COVID-19

En Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria No. 6.520, de fecha 23 de marzo de 2020, fue publicado el Decreto N° 4.167, mediante el cual se ratifica la inamovilidad laboral

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April 14, 2020

Venezuelan Government Confirms Employees are Entitled to Protection from Dismissal During the COVID-19 Emergency

After a State of Alert was decreed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Venezuelan government issued another decree on March 23, 2020 to confirm employees are entitled to job stability, known as inamovilidad, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 14, 2020

Joint DOJ & FTC Antitrust Guidance Warns Employers About Colluding and Sharing Competitive Data During the COVID-19 Crisis

On April 13, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new guidance warning employers that they are not relaxing previously issued guidelines prohibiting anticompetitive behavior by employers.

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April 14, 2020

Canada: Cross Country Survey of Changes to Workers’ Compensation System in Response to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, a number of jurisdictions across Canada have made changes to their workers’ compensation legislation.

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April 14, 2020

Puerto Rico Enacts Law Creating Special Paid Leave for Non-Exempt Employees in the Private Sector

A new law in Puerto Rico establishes a special paid leave for non-exempt employees infected (or are suspected of being infected) by the illness or epidemic that triggers a state of emergency declaration.

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April 14, 2020

NORWAY: New temporary rules on layoffs in light of Covid-19

In order to mitigate the economic consequences of the extensive layoffs we now see due to Covid-19, the Norwegian parliament has adopted several new rules pertaining to layoffs.

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April 13, 2020

Masks and Face Coverings: What Employers Need to Know

On April 12, 2020, New York State became the latest and largest jurisdiction to impose face-covering requirements in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 13, 2020

OSHA Issues Guidance for Employers in Package Delivery Industry

On April 13, 2020, OSHA issued guidance to employers in the package delivery industry intended to assist them in reducing the risk of their workers being exposed to COVID-19.

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April 13, 2020

Key Takeaways from Puerto Rico’s Latest COVID-19-Related Executive Order

Balancing the recommendations of the Medical and Economic Task Forces convened to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor of Puerto Rico Hon. Wanda Vazquez-Garced on April 12, 2020 issued Executive Order 2020-033.

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