Dear Littler
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June 14, 2021

Dear Littler: May We Ask Our Employees About Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status?

We’ve been hearing a lot of conflicting information about what we may and may not require of our employees. Because our business is public facing, may we at least ask our employees whether they are vaccinated?

ASAP
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June 10, 2021

In a Special Meeting, Cal/OSHA Withdraws Revised Proposal to Re-adopt COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has voted unanimously to withdraw the revised Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that it recently approved.

ASAP
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June 10, 2021

Federal OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard for Health Care

On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), establishing new mandatory requirements generally applicable to the healthcare industry.

Insight
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June 9, 2021

The European Union’s New Standardized Data Transfer Agreement: Implications for Multinational Employers

At long last, the European Commission, on June 4, 2021, adopted new Standard Contractual Clauses (“new SCCs”) to permit lawful transfers of personal data from the European Union (EU) to third countries such as the United States.

ASAP
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June 9, 2021

Nevada Enacts Paid Vaccination Leave and “Kin Care” Laws and Amends its Existing Paid Leave Law

Following the implementation of mandatory paid leave on January 1, 2020, Nevada has again expanded workers’ leave rights with the enactment of Senate Bill No. 209 (SB 209) and Assembly Bill No. 190 (AB 190).

ASAP
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June 9, 2021

Sonoma County, California Extends and Retroactively Expands Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

On June 8, 2021, the Sonoma County, California Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance that extends and amends – in part retroactively to January 1, 2021 – its emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) ordinance.

ASAP
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June 9, 2021

New Law Prohibits Florida Businesses from Requiring Vaccine Passport from Patrons and Customers

Governor DeSantis has signed into law SB 2006, preventing business entities from requiring that patrons or customers provide documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or post-infection recovery to enter or obtain service from a business in Florida.

Podcast
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June 9, 2021

Sharing Space: A Conversation About Intersectionality

Littler attorneys discuss their personal experiences growing up gay in the Black and Asian American communities, and share what their similar upbringings have taught them about being an attorney.

ASAP
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June 9, 2021

Cal/OSHA Advances Revised Proposal to Readopt COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

On June 3, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Standards Board) voted to readopt proposed revisions to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards.

ASAP
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June 9, 2021

British Columbia, Canada Court Deducts CERB From Employee’s Damages for Wrongful Dismissal

To date, few decisions in Canada have considered whether the amount of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) employees receive after their job termination should be deducted from their damages in lieu of common law reasonable notice.

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