Employment Law Notebook

A federal court in Louisiana has halted the federal government’s vaccine mandate for health care workers.

A jury in Charlotte, North Carolina has awarded a White male marketing executive $10 million in punitive damages in a race and sex discrimination case against his former employer. Plaintiff David Duvall alleged that Novant Health, Inc. violated state and federal discrimination law by terminating him despite his strong performance, solely for the purpose of promoting diversity.

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Lately there have been more and more new reports of employees creating or obtaining fake documents to get out of employer mask and vaccine requirements.  Doing so not only puts your job in jeopardy and puts others at risk of getting COVID-19 from you, but it could also land you in jail.

On September 9, President Biden announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") will be requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine or show a negative weekly COVID-19 test.  The move is part of the President's multi-pronged COVID-19 Action plan 

New Jersey Governor Murphy announced new COVID-19 vaccine requirements today for a large number of workers in the state.

President Biden wants the Federal Trade Commission to limit non-competes.  If this actually happens, this would be a huge relief for employees who wind up facing months or years restricted from pursuing the industry-specific job they want due to overly restrictive non-compete agreements. For now, it is unclear exactly what the FTC will do.

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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.