Seyfarth Synopsis: Wake up San Francisco! Mayor London Breed has approved amendments that will significantly expand the city’s 2014 Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance (“FFWO”). The amendments will go into effect on July 12, 2022. Everywhere You Look, Everywhere You Turn, There’s Somebody Who Needs . . . Flexible Working Arrangements Just like our favorite 90s…
On June 16, 2022, the federal government introduced Bill C-27, Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022. If passed, Bill C-27 would repeal Part 1 of the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act(PIPEDA) and replace it with the new Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA). It would enact the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act(PIDPTA) which creates…
Is it acceptable to dismiss an injured worker once all reasonable accommodations and options have been considered? If yes, what exactly is considered reasonable? The NSW Industrial Relations Commission recently shed light on these troublesome questions. It confirmed that an employer is not obliged to provide suitable alternative duties to an injured worker indefinitely nor…
federal district court in Louisiana, in Huber v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law (LEDL) case, finding, among other things, that accounting for and excusing a false positive drug test resulting from extended cannabidiol…
14 June 2022 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, DC could impact your business. Last…
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Policymakers in Washington have again turned their scrutiny upon the US-flag fleet and the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in the wake of new of sexual assault and sexual harassment (“SASH”) connected to the Academy’s “Sea Year” program, which provides live deck-plate training for midshipmen out in the commercial fleet. SASH was a…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 20 May 2021, the Ministers responsible for Work Health and Safety (WHS) from the Commonwealth and each state and territory met to consider a range of matters, including the response to the 2018 “Boland Review”. On 14 April 2022,…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. It has become commonplace for employers to collect and store data relating to the vaccination status of their employees. When doing so, it is important for employers to be mindful of the obligations that may arise under the Privacy Act…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A recent decisionone has demonstrated that a dismissal for refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, in the absence of a Government direction can be found to be fair. In this case, the worker’s absolute refusal, coupled with his demand that…
Bottom Line Of Michalski v. McMaster University, 2022 ONSC 2625, the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed a judicial review application challenging McMaster University’s (the “University”) mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy (the “Policy”). The application was brought by four students (the “Applicants”) who were refused a creed-based exemption under the Policy. The Court found that the University used…
