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2022 — On the Frontline Conference — Event Summary & Photos

27 December 2022 | Articles

Wimberly Lawson is pleased to celebrate the 41st Anniversary of our Labor & Employment Law Update Conference. The event started as a small local seminar and has grown steadily in size and success. Our day-and-a-half program covered a sweeping range of relevant laws, important legal decisions, and societal trends affecting labor and employment. Approx...

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The Far-Reaching Effects of Pay Disclosure Laws

06 September 2022 | Articles

California and New York recently passed laws that require employers to disclose a salary amount or pay range for advertised positions. Colorado, Washington State, and New York City already have these requirements, and Connecticut, Maryland, and Nevada require employers to give job candidates salary information during the hiring process or upon request.

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What Does Your Social Media Presence Say About Your Company?

09 June 2022 | Articles

I was looking around a popular business-oriented social media site, and the content that some companies posted caught my trained employment lawyer’s eye. One, in particular, posted a lot of photos of employees who were all uniformly young (in their 30s and younger), energetic, and white.

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Prepare for the Worst and Hope for the Best

12 April 2022 | Articles

Last week, an EF-3+ tornado touched down in the city where I live, so it is not surprising that the concept of disaster preparedness is on my mind. (Thankfully, my family and I suffered no damage). Is your business prepared if a disaster were to strike? And is your business required by OSHA to have a written emergency action plan?

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The “Boy’s Club” Problem

22 March 2022 | Articles

It’s Women’s History Month, so it is a good time to talk about avoiding sex discrimination in the workplace. This topic came to me by way of a personal experience. It recently came to my attention that a male opposing counsel in a large litigation matter sent an invitation to join him and his trained dogs on a bird hunt. However, the invitation was sent ...

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Dealing with An Employee’s Request for Leave As A Reasonable Accommodation

10 March 2022 | Articles

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. What sets it apart from other anti-discrimination statutes is the requirement that an employer provides reasonable accommodation to an employee or job applicant with a disability, unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the emplo...

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What Does the New #MeToo Inspired Law Mean for Business?

14 February 2022 | Articles

A rare bipartisan effort has brought us a new federal law that was enacted in response to the #MeToo movement. This new law will prohibit companies from forcing employees to use arbitration, rather than the courts, to resolve cases involving sexual harassment or sexual assault in the workplace.

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Although the OSHA ETS is Dead, OSHA Can Still Cite Employers for COVID Related Hazards

25 January 2022 | Articles

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the final nail in the coffin of the OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Specifically, the DOL announced that it will withdraw the COVID ETS, effective January 26, 2022. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the OSHA ETS on January 13, 2022, which guaranteed the ETS’ demise...

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The Supreme Court Stays the OSHA ETS; CMS Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers Goes Forward

14 January 2022 | Articles

Yesterday, we received decisions from the US Supreme Court on the status of the OSHA COVID-19 ETS and the CMS vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. As I predicted, the OSHA ETS has been stayed, and the CMS mandate has been allowed to go forward.

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OSHA’s Enforcement of the OSHA COVID-19 Large Employer ETS Starts Today, 1/10. But Will the Supremes Put a Stop to It?

10 January 2022 | Articles

OSHA will begin enforcing the provisions of the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) starting today, January 10, 2022. However, it will not issue citations for noncompliance with the standard’s testing requirements before February 9, so long as an employer is exercising reasonable, good faith efforts to come into compli...

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Get Ready–the U.S. Supreme Court is Going to Hear Arguments on the OSHA ETS and the CMS Vaccine Mandate

23 December 2021 | Articles

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hold a special session on January 7, 2022 to hear arguments regarding whether to stay the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) vaccine or test rule and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. It is unusual for the Court to hear arguments (rather...

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