Employment Law Notebook

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On May 28, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its previously issued guidance addressing COVID-19 vaccines.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphey relaxed numerous COVID-19 restrictions in New Jersey in recent weeks due to the significant success in vaccine distribution and reduction in COVID-19 transmission and hospitalizations in the state. This changes the rules for employees and employers with regard to masks and social distancing at work as well as work from home rules.

The New Jersey Department of Health has released a new toolkit for employers aimed at encouraging employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.  One of the components of the toolkit includes an employer agreeing to provide a location in its workplace for a popup vaccination clin

The New York Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) is poised to release mandatory health and safety standards on employers in New York state aimed at preventing exposure to airborne infectious diseases in the workplace.

Employers certainly have had a huge number of issues to deal with during the COVID-19 pandemic.  If they haven’t handled those issues well, many are now facing a new challenge: difficulty retaining employees.

New Jersey voters legalized marijuana at the ballot in November.  Now two new laws are significantly restricting what an employer can and can’t do with regard to background checks related to marijuana-related criminal history, and drug testing employees and applicants for marijuana.  The background check requirements come from a new Decriminalization statute and the drug testing restrictions co

To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate?   Employers Should Tread Carefully Before Requiring Employees To Get A COVID-19 Vaccination

The New Jersey Department of Labor has released a great deal of information on its website for both employees and employers in connection with the New COVID-19 Workplace Health and Safety Rules that went into effect on November 5.

With the potential release of vaccines for COVID-19 expected in the near future, can employers require employees to get vaccinated? What rights do employees have if they don't want to be vaccinated?  We tackle these questions in this video.