Virginia has recently amended its “Final Permanent Standard” for COVID-19 health and safety requirements. The new changes went into effect on October 8, 2021 and apply to anyone with employees in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and anyone doing business within the Commonwealth. This means that employers with temporary employees and/or potentially contractors within that jurisdiction [...]

The past year has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging in history for employers. Between attempting to keep workforces employed, to balancing the books, to keeping customers and clients safe and healthy, businesses of all sizes have faced one challenge after another. When remote work became near universal in many industries, some employers began [...]

The pandemics worsening effect on already undervalued women An Unequal Pandemic, Recession, and Return to the Worksite The COVID-19 pandemic left far more American women struggling, unemployed, or experiencing burnout than men. Due primarily to the demands for childcare in the wake of mass and protracted school closings, more than 800,000 women left the workforce [...]

Should Employers Encourage or Mandate Vaccination? With 46% of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of June 2021, formal guidance around vaccinations and the workplace lag behind everyone's eagerness for a "return to normal." Whether employers can (and, more importantly, should) require vaccinations for in-person workers brings up a tangle of ethical and legal issues, [...]

‘Tis the season for business owners and executives to think about what gifts to give to vendors, top clients or customers, and employees.

As of November 2, 2020, at least seventeen states have a regulation or recommendation that employers conduct training for some or all of their workforce on COVID-19 protocol.

Virginia has enacted a detailed set of regulations called an “Emergency Temporary Standard” aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 that include significant training obligations for many Virginia employers.

Infographic and downloadable pdf to share with your employees on how to create a safe workspace during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal government and each state is providing guidance about how businesses and consumers can re-enter public life more safely, given that any level of interactions can still create some risk of transmitting the COVID-19 virus.

A poor culture often goes hand in hand with ethical misconduct.

This article will address in more depth the equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) issues you must consider when determining which employees to bring back after furlough or layoff and which employees may present challenges should the need arise to have another reduction in workforce in the immediate future.

As employers reopen following the COVID-19 quarantine, an employer faces several challenges to trip up or opportunities to distinguish it from its peers Employers need to pay attention to policies and practices that affect their employees’ work conditions to smoothen the return-to-work process As we approach mid-May 2020 the economic shutdown has gone on for [...]