by sescomgt | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last summer, we reported on Virginia’s adoption of an Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 (the “Temporary Standard”), which made Virginia the first state to implement workplace safety and health standards for COVID-19. The Temporary Standard...
by sescomgt | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
U.S. House and Senate Democrats have introduced legislation to gradually boost the federal minimum wage until it reaches $15.00 per hour by 2025. TheRaise the Wage Act of 2021would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 across five years and thereafter be...
by sescomgt | Jan 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
President Biden has signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue revised guidance to employers on pandemic-related workplace safety no later than February 4, 2021. The President also directed the DOL to consider and, if...
by sescomgt | Jan 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
As a result of the passage of a new Washington, D.C. law, certain D.C. employees displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic will gain reinstatement rights as their former positions become available. The law also gives certain employees job protections when their employer...
by sescomgt | Jan 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
President Biden has moved quickly to issue a number of executive orders (EO) impacting federal contractors. First, federal employees and contractors are now required to wear face masks. Second, President Biden announced his goal to increase the minimum wage to $15 per...
