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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.
Alerts & Publications
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Dec 07 2021Fake IDs Once Got You Shots, Now They Are to Avoid a Shot Mandates requiring proof of vaccination are on the rise, leading unvaccinated employees to attempt to circumvent policies by succumbing to a new underground for counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards. In this b…
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Nov 15 2021Employment Law Update: Federal Contractors Subject to Vaccine Mandate Pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, issued on September 9, 2021, certain federal contractors will have to comply with t…
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Nov 03 2021Employment Law Update: NJ Executive Order 271 Institutes Vaccination or Testing Requirement for State Contracted Employees On October 20, 2021, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy signed Executive Order 271 requiring employers who are state contractors to prove that their employees who enter, work at, or provide services to any state…
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Sep 22 2021New York HERO Act: What Employers Need to Know On September 6, 2021, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced the requirement for New York employers to implement their plans for the prevention of airborne infectious disease exposure pursuant to t…
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Sep 01 2021Employment Law Update: ICE Announces Extension of Virtual ID Verification Program through December 31, 2021 On August 30, 2021, we issued “Employment Law Update: Virtual ID Verification Triggered by COVID-19 Expires on August 31, 2021,” concerning the imminent expiration of ICE’s virtual ID verifica…
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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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