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Are Vaccine Mandates Becoming the “New Normal” For Employers?

Laura Corvo / August 3, 2021 / COVID-19, Employers

Three Questions Employers Are Asking as They Consider Requiring Vaccinations COVID-19 is once again at the forefront for employers as the Delta variant rapidly surges throughout the country, while vaccination rates lag and new scientific findings explain how the virus spreads. Faced with concerns that rising COVID-19 cases could disrupt business and thwart plans for […]

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A Midsummer Night’s Reflection…

Jim Anelli / July 29, 2021 / Employers

As an employment attorney for more than 30 years, I have seen a lot of change. Changes in the legal system, changes in the law and changes in the types of claims that employees can assert against their employers (or even their joint employer). That being said, it is hard to imagine a more difficult

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Managing Generation Z in the Workplace

John Baker / July 28, 2021 / COVID-19, Employers, Return to Work

The post-COVID-19 workplace is here. Those of us who had established physical places of work are returning to our physical workspaces or the return is on the horizon. For many, the return will feel awkward at first, but my sense is that after a week of reacquaintance, it will be back to normal for the

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An Employer’s Duty to Reasonably Accommodate

Nancy Conrad / July 6, 2021 / ADA, Employers, New Jersey

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that an employer, “may not escape liability under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) for failing to perform its duty to provide accommodation simply because it did not fire, demote or take another form of adverse action against the employee.” While this holding is limited to the

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The Most Important Part of an Employee Handbook

Jeff Stewart / June 4, 2021 / Employers

Pop quiz: Do you know the most important page in your employee handbook? Is it the at-will statement? No. Is it the harassment policy? Nope. Is it the vacation policy? Wrong again. It is the acknowledgement page – that page at the back of the handbook that you ask employees to sign to show that

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