Employers Watching Cases of Colleges, Teachers with Disabilities Over Remote Work September 8, 2021 By Tom Hals A legal battle is brewing over remote work between administrators at U.S. colleges committed to in-person classes and some faculty...
What’s an Employer to Do If Workers Avoid COVID Vaccine? September 3, 2021 By Tom Murphy What can employers do if workers avoid COVID-19 vaccines? They can require vaccination and fire employees who don’t comply, or...
Mining Giants Face Reckoning About Sexual Harassment as BHP Fires 48 Workers August 20, 2021 By James Thornhill Women still face a threat to their safety at remote mine sites across the globe. It’s a challenge the industry...
Employers Get Religion With Vaccine Mandates August 12, 2021 By Tom Hals As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer –...
Biden Administration Examining How Far Employers Can Go in Mandating Vaccines August 9, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday,...
New York Gov. Cuomo Eased Path for Harassment Suits That May Now Target Him August 6, 2021 By Keshia Clukey and Bob Van Voris Sexual harassment suits against Andrew Cuomo will face an easier path under changes to state law the governor signed two...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return August 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected...
States Braced for a Wave of COVID Lawsuits. It Never Arrived. July 28, 2021 By Elaine S. Povich In a legislative flurry, 30 states instituted liability protections in late 2020 and early 2021 designed to protect businesses from...
Employers, Employees Navigate Back to Office, Work from Home Plans July 9, 2021 By Alexandra Olson Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their...
Judge Rejects Spouse’s Wrongful Death Suit Against Airline Over Lax Covid Safety June 24, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Citing a concern over “opening the floodgates” to litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a flight attendant’s negligence lawsuit against...