News & Analysis

Theft of Computerized Personal Information Will Trigger New Notice Obligations for Employers Conducting Business in California

• Privacy and Data Security

California Extends Cobra Continuation Period

• Employee Benefits

The Outbreak of a New Illness, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Has Significant Implications for the Workplace

• Occupational Safety and Health

Recent Legislative and Regulatory Provisions Require That Employers Pay Close Attention to Their Employee Benefits Plans

• Employee Benefits

Employers Must Be Aware of Their Legal Obligations Under the USERRA, Which Provides Job and Benefit Protection to Employees Who Have Temporarily Departed the Workplace to Serve in the Uniformed Services

• Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation
• Policies, Procedures and Handbooks

The EEOC's "Telework Fact Sheet" Reaffirms the Agency's Position That Employers Can Reasonably Accommodate Qualified Disabled Workers Through Telecommuting Programs in Some Circumstances

• Wage and Hour
• Policies, Procedures and Handbooks
• Discrimination and Harassment

The EEOC's Updated ADA Enforcement Guidance Incorporates the "Reasonableness" Standard Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court in US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett

• Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation
• Discrimination and Harassment

California's New Legislation Providing for Paid Family and Medical Leave Raises Significant Implementation Questions and Challenges for Employers

• Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation

Effective January 1, 2003, California Will Have Its Own WARN Law That Imposes Notice and Documentation Requirements That Differ in a Number of Respects From Its Existing Federal Law Counterpart

• Business Restructuring and M&A

Employment Law Implications of Corporate Responsibility Legislation