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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to evolve, causing disruption and volatility to businesses, families, governments, educational pursuits, and economies worldwide. We know that business clients face unprecedented challenges with respect to essential operating concerns, long-term risk assessment, and complex employee health and safety issues. Personal services clients are impacted by health, economical, educational, childcare, and related concerns. To increase our value and improve client outreach, Wilentz has activated the Wilentz Coronavirus Legal Response Team & Resource Center. As the pandemic endures, it requires unprecedented adaptation to every area of life, and we continue to update our resources to meet our clients’ needs, as Wilentz has done for 100 years.
Our multidisciplinary legal response team is working with clients to withstand the impact on their businesses and to guide their efforts to reopen, restore, and prosper. In addition, we are tracking legal developments and sharing topical information and our latest thinking through this Resource Center.
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Jun 21 2021Employment Law Update: Updated OSHA Workplace Safety Guidelines Creates Opportunity for Employers to Update COVID-19 Policies and Procedures On June 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued updated guidance for employers regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, replacing its previous employer guidelines issued on Januar…
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Jun 15 2021Employment Law Update: OSHA’s New Emergency Temporary Standard Requires Certain Healthcare Employers to Follow COVID-19 Regulations Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency temporary standard for healthcare providers designed to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupation…
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Jun 07 2021Employment Law Update: In New Jersey, Executive Orders 242 and 243 Permit a Return to the Workplace, But Create New Questions for Employers In a major step toward the reopening of New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy has issued Executive Orders No. 242 and No. 243, now in effect. These new orders lift major COVID-19 restrictions, including mask wearing…
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May 04 2021How Should Employers Comply with Required Display of Employment Law Posters and Distributions in a Remote Workplace? Employers questioning whether or not New Jersey Executive Order 107 is still in effect should know that it remains so, requiring that “All businesses or nonprofits in the state, whether closed or open to …
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Apr 07 2021Employers Required to File EEO-1 Data for 2019 and 2020 by July 19 After a delay in opening 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection, on April 26, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will open the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection…
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Apr 06 2021Extension of the Federal Employee Retention Tax Credit The Federal Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) offers eligible employers significant tax benefits through an ability to claim a refundable tax credit for paying qualified wages and certain health plan expense…
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