Registration is Open for the WRVB 2022 Labor & Employment Seminars

Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related matters. WRVB’s 2022 Labor & Employment seminars provide… Read more

August 16, 2022 | News

Cleaning Up Its Mess — the Virginia Assembly Ditches Virginia’s Overtime Wage Act

By Anne G. Bibeau

Well, that was fun! Last year, on July 1, 2021, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) went into effect, causing significant headaches for Virginia employers because it differed starkly from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on a number… Read more

April 28, 2022 | Labor & Employment

OSHA Pursues A Different COVID Strategy

By Dean T. Buckius

Effective January 26, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that would have required employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that their employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly… Read more

Do Employers Have to Comply with Federal OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Right Now?

By R. Patrick Bolling, Agnis C. Chakravorty, Daniel C. Summerlin III, Thomas M. Winn III

Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, employers in roughly half of the United States must vaccinate or test employees by February 9, 2021. In those states, federal OSHA regulates workplace safety directly, and so the federal large employer vaccine-or-test mandate will… Read more

January 13, 2022 | COVID-19 Legal Updates | Labor & Employment

Supreme Court Issues Two Important Decisions On COVID-19 Vaccination And Testing

By Dean T. Buckius, George M. Nicholos

Today, the United States Supreme Court decided to block the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring that employers with 100 or more employees ensure that their employees are vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19. While the decision is not a… Read more

January 13, 2022 | COVID-19 Task Force | Labor & Employment

New Certification Requirement for Federal Contractors

By Anne G. Bibeau

Beginning this year, federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors will be required to certify that they have developed and maintained an affirmative action program (AAP) for each establishment. Previously, while most federal contractors have been required to have an… Read more

January 11, 2022 | Government Contracts | Labor & Employment

Federal Contractors Now Restricted in Questioning Applicants about Their Criminal Records

By Anne G. Bibeau

Hidden deep within the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2020 is a “ban the box” provision that restricts federal contractors’ inquiries into their applicants’ criminal histories. This new provision, which went into effect on December 20, 2021, prohibits federal… Read more

January 4, 2022 | Labor & Employment

More COVID-19 Legal Developments

By Michael P. Gardner, R. Patrick Bolling

The legal developments on COVID did not take a holiday in the nine days since our previous article. There have been significant developments with the various vaccine mandates, new CDC quarantine guidance, and changes to OSHA healthcare standards. Furthermore, the… Read more

December 30, 2021 | COVID-19 Legal Updates | Labor & Employment

COVID Updates for the New Year

By Anne G. Bibeau

As 2021 winds down, there have been a few developments regarding COVID-19 that employers should be aware of: The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for employers with 100 or more employees is back on, at least for now. This rule… Read more

December 28, 2021 | COVID-19 Task Force | Labor & Employment

COVID-19 Legal Round Up and Looming 2022 Deadlines

By Michael P. Gardner, Thomas M. Winn III, King F. Tower, R. Patrick Bolling, Leah M. Stiegler

President Biden’s vaccine mandates have faced a roller-coaster ride in the federal court system over the last few weeks, leaving covered employers in the difficult position of trying to comply with on-again, off-again federal regulations and enforcement deadlines on the… Read more

December 21, 2021 | COVID-19 Legal Updates | Labor & Employment

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