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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New Jersey became the latest state to legalize recreational use of cannabis on February 22, 2021, when the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA) was enacted. The impact of this new law will be felt with particular force in the employment context, as the employment provisions of the law restrict
A few weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated recommendations for individuals who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, sparking a multitude of discussions nationwide as states and localities address the confusion, and raising even more questions for businesses and employers. The CDC recommendations, in summary, provide that “fully vaccinated
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Can employers require their employees to be vaccinated before returning to work? As is true of nearly all pandemic-related employment issues, the answer is in a state of flux. One of the factors that has likely made employers hesitant to mandate vaccination, and some individuals reluctant to get the shots, is that all three available
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For more than a decade, a war has been raging between companies and workers who want to utilize an independent contractor relationship on one hand, and labor unions and governments that seek to reclassify millions of such workers as employees on the other. On May 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded a
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