--- title: "August 2020" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/august-2020" date: "2026-06-03T06:21:05+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # August 2020 [ ![Several States Pass Protection to Employers from Virus Lawsuits, and Federal Legislation Also Proposed](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/11/jozv_pakcmk-11afb2d0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1052:several-states-pass-protection-to-employers-from-virus-lawsuits-and-federal-legislation-also-proposed&catid=198)## [Several States Pass Protection to Employers from Virus Lawsuits, and Federal Legislation Also Proposed](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1052:several-states-pass-protection-to-employers-from-virus-lawsuits-and-federal-legislation-also-proposed&catid=198) August 01, 2020 | [August 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=198) The State of Georgia has joined several other states in legislation protecting employers from liability related to the Coronavirus. The Governor is expected to sign the law, thus adding Georgia to Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming having such protection. The Georgia law would shield employers, healthcare providers and other e… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1052:several-states-pass-protection-to-employers-from-virus-lawsuits-and-federal-legislation-also-proposed&catid=198) [ ![Cultural Sensitivity in Wording Now a Legal Necessity](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/pompxtcvyho-cd1f5ee6.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1051:cultural-sensitivity-in-wording-now-a-legal-necessity&catid=198)## [Cultural Sensitivity in Wording Now a Legal Necessity](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1051:cultural-sensitivity-in-wording-now-a-legal-necessity&catid=198) August 01, 2020 | [August 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=198) While many oppose the concept of "political correctness," in some senses it is now a legal necessity. And what is deemed culturally sensitive seems to be changing, sometimes in controversial ways. While many oppose the concept of "political correctness," in some senses it is now a legal necessity. And what is deemed culturally sensitive see… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1051:cultural-sensitivity-in-wording-now-a-legal-necessity&catid=198) [ ![protesters with resist sign](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/3141240-6db59643.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1050:pandemic-racial-issues-protest-response&catid=198)## [Employers Increasingly Have To Deal with Walkouts and Other Protests Over Pandemic and Racial Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1050:pandemic-racial-issues-protest-response&catid=198) August 01, 2020 | [August 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=198) Off-duty issues and activities, and their impact at the workplace, seem to be growing today. Social media protests have increased since the Black Lives Matter movement has intensified, and pandemic issues are not abating. Often, both as a practical and legal matter, these issues cannot be kept out of the workplace.Off-duty issues and activities… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1050:pandemic-racial-issues-protest-response&catid=198) [ ![wood Law gavel](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/5668481-b7c7ee5e.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1049:high-court-religious-rights-expansion&catid=198)## [High Court Expands Religious Rights in Various Ways](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1049:high-court-religious-rights-expansion&catid=198) August 01, 2020 | [August 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=198) A trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court rulings have expanded religious rights, with one of the rulings pertaining to most private employers. In Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, the Court ruled that the Trump Administration had the right to exempt employers that raised religious or moral objections to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prior requirement… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1049:high-court-religious-rights-expansion&catid=198) [ ![A group of young people in the background](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/lqjr2dvvbce-9b64f6dd.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1048:scotus-rejects-daca-attacks&catid=198)## [Supreme Court Rejects Efforts to Discontinue DACA Program](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1048:scotus-rejects-daca-attacks&catid=198) August 01, 2020 | [August 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=198) The issue of undocumented immigrants brought into this country as children has long been a controversial one. 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