--- title: "March 2021" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/march-2021" date: "2026-06-03T05:36:10+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # March 2021 [ ![man outside, working on computer laptop](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/z3ownetsdnq-c75bcff1.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1114:working-from-home-developments&catid=210)## [Developments from Working from Home](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1114:working-from-home-developments&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) In February of 2020, only 8% of the U.S. workforce did their job entirely from home. As the pandemic took hold, that number increased to 35% in May, and the general movement to homework resulted in home workers working in less densely populated areas. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1114:working-from-home-developments&catid=210) [ ![vote biden sticky note, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/ldrjf2kxvbg-a8259ec4.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1113:biden-change-labor-issues&catid=210)## [Other Biden Actions Show Dramatic Change towards Labor Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1113:biden-change-labor-issues&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) The Biden Administration has immediately moved to freeze pending Department of Labor (DOL) regulations that would make it easier to designate workers as independent contractors. This rule was previously stated to take effect March 8, 2021. A new and finalized similar rule from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has similarly been… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1113:biden-change-labor-issues&catid=210) [ ![outdoors, clouds, power lines](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/o849qj6t2qo-44ea2915.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210)## [New Administration Begins Pro-union Agenda by Controversial Firing of the NLRB General Counsel](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) On the same day of President Biden's swearing-in, the new White House delivered to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb an ultimatum to resign by 5:00 p.m. or be fired. No President in U.S. history had taken such a bold move as the NLRB General Counsel position is a four-year appointment at an independent federal agency. The Wh… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210) [ ![federal washington building](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/syhi8ox0jc8-b80afc31.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210)## [Republicans Using Same Type of Legal Challenges of Biden Policies Democrats Used against Trump](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) Republicans have taken a playbook that the Democrats used against Trump in going to federal court to seek nationwide injunctions against policy changes. In late January 2021, a federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden Administration's 100-day pause on deportations. Judge Tipton of the Southern District of Texas granted a temporary restraining or… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210) [ ![lockdown on tablet, computer, phone, food, mug, desk](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/pu063oyuas8-bdd05b8a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210)## [Osha Issues New and Stronger Virus Guidance](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on January 29, 2021, new and stronger workplace guidance on the Coronavirus. Implementing a Coronavirus Prevention Program, according to OSHA, is the most effective way to reduce the spread of the virus. The guidance recommends several essential elements in a prevention program: [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210) [ ![a crowd protest](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2a/rd5uniujcf0-2ae6fe7f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1109:employee-participation-protests&catid=210)## [Issue of Employees Participating in Demonstrations and Protests](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1109:employee-participation-protests&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) The January 6, 2021 protest in Washington, D.C. raises questions about participation of employees in protests that may turn into riots. Unlike governmental employers, private businesses have no "free speech" obligations to their employees participating in such protests. 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