--- title: "October 2020" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/october-2020" date: "2026-06-14T14:01:44+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # October 2020 [ ![toy cars with lyft and uber](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/x5gdvj-taiq-63c0946e.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1081:uber-and-others-threaten-to-leave-california-over-independent-contractor-rules&catid=200)## [Uber and Others Threaten to Leave California Over Independent Contractor Rules](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1081:uber-and-others-threaten-to-leave-california-over-independent-contractor-rules&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) Uber and Lyft threatened to suspend their passenger operations in California in late August over a new California law that requires companies to treat workers as employees rather than independent contractors if they contribute to the usual course of business. Uber and Lyft, both based in California, who have large operations in that state, argue that… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1081:uber-and-others-threaten-to-leave-california-over-independent-contractor-rules&catid=200) [ ![wooden restrooms sign](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/ftuziprtvti-646697ec.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1080:supplying-sex-neutral-bathroom-insufficient&catid=200)## [Supplying "Sex Neutral" Bathroom Insufficient](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1080:supplying-sex-neutral-bathroom-insufficient&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has joined the Eleventh Circuit in ruling that prohibiting a transgender student's ability to use bathrooms that match his gender identity violate Title IX and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. Grimm v. Gloucester Cty. Sch. Bd., No. 19-01952 (4th Cir., 8/26/20). The U.S. Supreme Court… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1080:supplying-sex-neutral-bathroom-insufficient&catid=200) [ ![person kneeling outside with a yellow smoke stick](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/ijy-8ahgx9y-6657c628.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1079:employer-confronted-with-worker-taking-a-knee&catid=200)## [Employer Confronted with Worker "Taking A Knee"](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1079:employer-confronted-with-worker-taking-a-knee&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) The controversial subject of professional football players "taking a knee" during the National Anthem has now expanded to the workplace. In a recent case, an employer was confronted with an African-American employee protesting his employer's alleged racial mistreatment by taking a knee during a meeting. A supervisor asked the plaintiff to step i… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1079:employer-confronted-with-worker-taking-a-knee&catid=200) [ ![haiti](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/wlqasw1fxka-65ca1ac7.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1078:tps-status-to-end-for-immigrants-from-four-countries&catid=200)## [TPS Status to End for Immigrants from Four Countries](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1078:tps-status-to-end-for-immigrants-from-four-countries&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) A decision from a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will end protection for about 300,000 persons who have been living in the U.S. with a Temporary Protected Status (TPS), as to immigrants from Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Ramos et al. v. Wolf et al., No. 18-16981 (C.A. 9, 9/14/20). [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1078:tps-status-to-end-for-immigrants-from-four-countries&catid=200) [ ![washington dc congress building at night](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/st50jo9lch0-fa812228.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1077:trump-s-federal-unemployment-supplement-runs-dry-as-congressional-compromise-in-doubt&catid=200)## [Trump's Federal Unemployment Supplement Runs Dry as Congressional Compromise in Doubt](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1077:trump-s-federal-unemployment-supplement-runs-dry-as-congressional-compromise-in-doubt&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) In the absence of a Congressional compromise on additional pandemic federal funding, in August President Trump extended an extra $300.00 per week from the federal government to most unemployment compensation recipients, but the funding has now run out and will not extend beyond the week that ended September 5, 2020. The Administration is supposedly lo… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1077:trump-s-federal-unemployment-supplement-runs-dry-as-congressional-compromise-in-doubt&catid=200) [ ![now hiring sign outside by grass lawn](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/koucx7fh50u-b1ac821f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1076:new-dol-joint-employer-rule-rejected-in-court&catid=200)## [New DOL Joint Employer Rule Rejected in Court](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1076:new-dol-joint-employer-rule-rejected-in-court&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) Almost every employer of substantial size deals with contractors of some type, with the most common application being temporary staffing, janitorial services, franchisee-franchisor arrangements, and others. Under the Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement guidance during the Obama Administration, the guidance expanded the application of the "joint empl… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1076:new-dol-joint-employer-rule-rejected-in-court&catid=200) [ ![coronavirus letters over a black background](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/lfviizmgkae-fd6e8c4d.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1075:use-of-covid-19-liability-waivers-and-related-approaches&catid=200)## [Use of COVID-19 Liability Waivers and Related Approaches](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1075:use-of-covid-19-liability-waivers-and-related-approaches&catid=200) October 01, 2020 | [October 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=200) Some reports indicate that employees have filed almost 600 COVID-19-related lawsuits against their employers. As a result, about a dozen states, including Georgia, have passed laws attempting to provide some liability protection from COVID-19 liability. 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