By Kevin Young and Anne Dana
Seyfarth Synopsis: Similar to mask mandates, COVID-19 passports—a means to prove one’s vaccination status—are becoming a political lightning rod in the United States. Where states like New York have viewed such passports as a viable tool for promoting safe in-person interactions, others, like Florida and Texas, have viewed them
By Loren Gesinsky and Julia Gorham
Seyfarth Synopsis: For many private employers around the world, it might be too soon to know what COVID-19 passports, if any, they will recognize, encourage, or even require. They see far more risks than benefits in being early adopters given fast-evolving variations in infections, the availability of tests
By Danielle R. Rabie, Megan P. Toth, and Erin Dougherty Foley
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 19th and 26th, 2021, Illinois legislatures introduced new bills that, if passed, would get rid of at-will employment, only allowing employers to terminate employees for just-cause, and require severance pay for terminated employees, effective January 1, 2022.
On
By Anne Dana, Loren Gesinsky, Julia Gorham, John Tomaszewski, and Kevin Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: “I can’t wait for things to return to normal.” We’ve all heard (and most of us have spoken) those words since the COVID-19 pandemic began over a year ago. Now, as the employer community inches closer
By Dov Kesselman and Samuel I. Rubinstein
Seyfarth Synopsis: After the past few years of favorable policy changes and court decisions, religious employers have to navigate the realities of a different presidential administration with its unique set of policy preferences. The Department of Labor recently filed notices in two Court actions suggesting that it will
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Employment Law Lookout is taking a holiday break the week between the Holiday’s, but will resume delivering insightful discourse and updates on the day’s most pressing workplace issues next year.
We note that the CDC recommends that “the safest way to celebrate winter holidays is to celebrate at home with the
By Tessa Cranfield, Paul Cutrone, Julia Gorham, and Daniel E. Waldman
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the announcement of the roll out of the Pfizer/BioNTec COVID-19 vaccine commencing in the UK last week (week of December 7, 2020) and vaccination roll out to commence in the US in due course, international employers are
By Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: A new report from the National Safety Council (NSC), State of the Response: Employer Actions to Address the Pandemic, provides an overview of how employers have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NSC survey sought to understand
By Lawrence Z. Lorber, Leon Rodriguez, Samuel P. Sroka, and Scott P. Mallery
Seyfarth Synopsis: This special post-election report is brought to you by Seyfarth’s Policy Matters Newsletter. With so much at stake, we have collected the top-of-mind issues to watch as the election results take shape.
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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the return of Fall, the Seyfarth Chicago office would normally host its Quarterly Breakfast Briefing at our office in the Willis Tower. This year, we’re bring our talented team to you virtually! Please join us on Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Central.
About the Program
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