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OK at Work: Managing Your Remote, Out-of-State, Workforce
On this week’s episode of OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss looking at compliance laws across multiple states. Historically, most employers have been relatively centralized with one main hub, but many business owners now (especially in the technology sector and COVID-19 era) have to pay attention to multiple states where they may…
Autodialer Claims Are No Longer Automatic
Autodialer Claims Are No Longer Automatic How The Supreme Court’s TCPA Ruling In Facebook, Inc. V. Duguid Reestablishes Some Semblance Of Bounds For The Act The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) imposes a variety of restrictions on making unsolicited telephone calls, sending text messages, and fax advertisements for telemarketing purposes. The original intent…
Read & Share: The Top 10 Billionaire Cities in 2020
In 2020, the world gained 493 new billionaires—that’s one every 17 hours. For the last seven years, New York City has been home to more billionaires than any other city in the world. However, last year marked a monumental shift in the status quo. Beijing has unseated the Big Apple, and is now home to 100…
How to Regain Control of Your Work-life Balance At Home
Do you feel like your work-life balance has gotten away from you throughout this pandemic? You are not the only one. Over the last few months, I have noticed a trend amongst remote workers. The majority of us are working more than ever before. This comes with little surprise, considering we now spend far less…
EEO-1 Component Data Collection for 2019 and 2020 due July 19, 2021
On March 29, 2021, the EEOC announced that the EEO-1 Component Data Collection for 2019 and 2020 is due on July 19, 2021. The collection time period will be open on April 26, 2021. In light of the pandemic, this allows employers 12 weeks to collect the data for the last two years. WHAT IS…
The Weekly Scenario: What to Know About the “For the 99.5% Act” and the “Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act”
There are many potential tax law changes that may be coming to a theatre near you. I can’t get too far into the weeds in this blog, but I’ll address two current proposals that may be of interest. About three weeks ago, Senators Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced what they refer to…
All of My Employees are Vaccinated. Can We Ditch the Masks? Not yet.
Over the last three months, many employers, including large employers like Aldi, Amtrak, Instacart, McDonald’s, and Target, have been hard at work motivating employees to get vaccinated through incentive programs and education campaigns. Many businesses, especially small businesses with small workforces, wonder when they can start to lift COVID-19 safety protocols, such as mask-wearing in…
Now Hiring: Getting Back to Work Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
For much of 2020, my conversations with employers were around layoffs, furloughs, and terminations. With the uncertainty of the pandemic, many companies moved forward with mass layoffs and terminations. With businesses opening back up, individuals getting vaccinated, and more information about the virus, employers are bringing employees back and making new hires. With these are…
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