On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The law contains various provisions that impact employers, including a new COBRA subsidy.
An interviewer’s note that a job applicant was “at the end of her career” was not conclusive evidence of age discrimination, according to a recent Seventh Circuit opinion.
The COVID-19 pandemic set off enormous disruptions across workforces worldwide. The instant worldwide transformation to ubiquitous work-from-home inevitably sparked novel logistical problems and sticky legal challenges.
A new spate of “right of recall” laws requires certain employers to rehire laid-off workers when their businesses resume or reopen and dictates the criteria used to recall those workers.
We are planning a layoff that will involve many of our employees who are working remotely during the pandemic. How do we decide who works at a particular location for WARN counting purposes?
On January 14, 2021, the EEOC issued long-awaited and much-needed clarification on whether non-U.S. citizen employees working for a U.S. employer outside the U.S. must be included in the disclosure required for compliance with the OWBPA.
Workforce reductions, whether in the form of hours reductions, furloughs, or layoffs, are often a last resort for employers experiencing financial pressures.
On November 11, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill amending the NY WARN Act by substantially expanding the list of governmental entities that must receive advance notice of a WARN-triggering event.
On 5 November 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a further extension to the UK furlough scheme until March 2021. This post includes our updated FAQs summarising the furlough scheme as it stands.
A bill passing through the Dutch House of Representatives would ease certain restrictions on who can take advantage of early retirement in the Netherlands.