Vol. 51 No. 3, March 2021
Index
- Coming from DOL: Less education, more enforcement.
- False positives? Look out for fake COVID test results.
- Get in compliance for 2021...
- OSHA raising the bar on COVID safety rules.
- Require vaccinated staff to mask up, stay apart.
- Off-duty COVID behavior: What you can & cannot legally require from workers.
- Pandemic affecting your office layout? Keep HR confidential, even in a cubicle.
- Fail to pay correct wages? Liability may triple.
- Offer intermittent leave as ADA accommodation.
- Recruit broadly to ensure a diverse applicant pool.
- Tell staff: Pregnancy accommodation is brief.
- Unrequited love from a customer? Act fast to stop it.
- Pay equity self-audits are popular now; but they shouldn't be a DIY task.
- Are unpaid internships a thing of the past?
- As jobs declined, union participation rose in 2020.
- Group health plans must assure mental-health parity.
- Protestor or rioter? Fired rally-goer sues for S10M.
- Report: Wage-and-hour cases to 'explode' in 2021.
- Testing staff for COVID? CDC says you must now get 'informed consent'.
- Very few employers are mandating the vaccine.
- The HR I.Q. Test.
- WHAT I WOULDN'T DO: Legal Updates from HR's Trenches: Offering incentives to get the vaccine? Tread carefully.
- Spring cleaning: 4 often-overlooked rules on personnel records.
- The Mailbag.