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Navigating Leave Landscape Changes in the Era of COVID-19
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Enacted Date: March 18, 2020 | Effective Date: April 1, 2020*
On March 18, 2020, the federal government enacted landmark legislation providing paid sick leave and additional FMLA pro...
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Coronavirus: Workplace Concerns
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The World Health Organization has declared the new Coronavirus, recently named COVID 19, a global health emergency. What does this mean for U.S. employers?
The federal Occupational Sa...
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Welcome Back! NLRB Issues Three Important Decisions Reinstating Bedrock Principles of Federal Labor Law
Just before the holidays, on December 16, 2019, the NLRB reinstated long-standing precedent dating back to the 1960s allowing all private employers to maintain confidentiality of workplace investigations, restrict nonbusiness use of company e-mail, a...
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Watch for gray areas in new state leave law
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn attorney Amy Robinson was quoted in a recent article in the Vancouver Business Journal titled “Watch for gray areas in new state leave law.” The article discusses Washington’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave, and...
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Happy Paid Leave Eve: Some Common Questions and Observations About Washington’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave to Help Employers Prepare for Compliance
It is the eve of Washington’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law going into full effect. While many of us think of January 1 as the day we start new diets, commit to new habits, build our vision boards, take our annual polar bear plunge, or...
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Addressing Employee Harassment Complaints
We occasionally field urgent calls from worried school leaders confronted with allegations from one of their staff about perceived “harassment” or a “hostile work environment.” These situations present an understandably tense and thorny situation: th...
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