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At Long Last: Cal/OSHA Approves Revisions to ETS and EEOC Brings Some Clarity to Vaccine Incentives and Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Updates to the Cal/OSHA ETS - Last week, Cal/OSHA approved several significant changes to the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) that relax the ETS standards for vaccinated employees, physical distancing, and face coverings.

Circuit Split on Class Feasibility Offers Defense Opportunities

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Defense counsel tend to see individualized issues of fact and law when litigating a class action. Plaintiffs counsel, on the other hand, will often look at those same issues and suggest that they apply uniformly across the entire purported class, with little variation.

Legislative Update Regarding Rebuttable Presumption Related to COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims in New Jersey

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

The Governor of New Jersey previously signed legislation indicating that if an employee meets the qualification as an essential employee, and it was a very broad definition of employees who were covered, then if they contracted the COVID-19 virus, there was a rebuttable presumption that the expos

Are you a Compliance Evangelist?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Back in 2016, I took the moniker of “The Compliance Evangelist”. I did so because since 2010 I have written about the nuts and bolts of anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance programs.

Supreme Court Decides Sanchez v. Mayorkas

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Sanchez v. Mayorkas, No.

Illinois Employers Must Consider New COVID-19 Guidance When Preparing Return-to-Work Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Illinois Enters the “Bridge Phase” - On May 17, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B.

EU Commission Opens Up Competition Investigation Over Facebook’s Use of Advertiser Data

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission announced that it had started an investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct by social networking site Facebook about whether Facebook’s use of advertising data gathered from in particular its advertisers amounts to a breach of Article 101 and/or A

Cal/OSHA Expected to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Workplace Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

In November 2020, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued COVID-19 regulations that required employers to follow certain procedures and safety precautions to protect employees from COVID-19 exposure.

The 411 on the 941: Everything You Need to Know About How to Claim the COBRA Subsidy Tax Credits

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Since the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) was enacted in March 2021, employers and insurers have been diligently familiarizing themselves with the rules for administering the temporary 100% COBRA premium subsidy established under the law and preparing and sending notices to potential “Assistanc

In COVID Coverage Dispute, Pennsylvania Court Hands Insured a Rare Win

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21

Scores of insureds have sued their insurance carriers seeking coverage for business interruption losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental closure orders. A vast majority have lost.

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