HR - General

In 2021, the workforce continued adapting to an evolving global pandemic, increasingly consequential social movements and a dramatic shift in employment policy ushered in by a change of leadership at the federal level.

In celebration of Data Privacy Day, we are highlighting some of these laws as well as some global data privacy and protection questions, expectations, and trends that lie ahead in 2022. Without further ado, below are some of the privacy laws from around the world that we anticipate will go

With the “Great Resignation” reportedly affecting the manufacturing sector more than other sectors , many manufacturers need to work harder than ever to find and keep qualified workers. This problem is compounded when business is growing, as is the case for some manufacturing companies.

For early-stage tech employers, rapid business growth can quickly lead to costly employment and immigration law missteps. Risks can be magnified when striving to attract talent. Please listen to the robust and enlightening discussion among Jackson Lewis immigration attorneys Zain Abidi and Benjamin

In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank offer listeners a New Year’s Resolution – review and update employee job descriptions! Jen talks about why an updated job description is so important, especially now that job duties may have changed due to COVID-19.

On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”),1 which bars the importation into the United States of products made from forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. This Act will significantly impact many multinational employers’ supply

Efforts to bolster regulations aimed at limiting covenants not to compete, coupled with the increased and sustained prevalence of remote work, have technology companies scrambling to protect their trade secrets.

President Biden’s signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on November 15, 2021, retroactively eliminates an employer’s ability to claim employee retention credits (ERC) for eligible wages paid after September 30, 2021.v

2021 saw state and local legislatures shifting their focus away from COVID-19 measures back to traditional employment law matters. Although two states and the District of Columbia have COVID-19 related legislation going into effect in 2022, the remainder of the country will see a more diverse array

Manufacturers are facing significant challenges that include the labor shortage and the skills gap and employers are not only struggling to fill vacancies, they are struggling to find workers with the necessary skills and training.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that the creator of The Friday the 13th screenplay could terminate his copyright grant to Horror Inc. (the producer of the movie franchise) and reclaim it. The horror show for employers is that if they do not assume

In our September 15 “Wednesday Wake Up with Jen” webinar, a participant asked: “Jen, can we say in our job postings that we require our employees to be vaccinated?” What a great question!

Hurricane Ida reportedly was the third most powerful storm on record to hit Louisiana when it landed on August 29, 2021. Indeed, more than 590,000 homes and businesses across the region still were without power as of September 5th, according to news reports. The hurricane’s full economic impact may

Joint-employer rules appear to be changing again, and this will create challenges for manufacturers.

One crucial lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that cost-effective, digital manufacturing solutions are needed to keep factories and supply chains running smoothly while producing high-quality products.

For the past several months, the media have been reporting on the general labor shortage in the United States. Most manufacturers have been understaffed in their factories for even longer than this news cycle, but current events have transformed what before 2020 was merely a typical challenge for ma

Since our last annual United States Supreme Court roundup article, the Court issued four decisions that may affect California employers. We summarize these rulings below.

The labor shortage has forced many manufacturers to adopt new strategies to meet their staffing needs.

The worker shortage in manufacturing has been exacerbated by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which erased over a decade of job gains in the manufacturing sector, eliminating more than 1.4 million positions, according to a report by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute (MI). To counter the trend, man

Dear Littler : You alerted us to some wage & hour and leaves & benefits issues stemming from our “wandering workers” who have scattered across the country during the pandemic, yet continue to work for our Texas-based company.