Employment Law Blog
California Workplaces Open in Stages, Raising New Questions for Employees
While the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to pose a health risk across the U.S., Governor Gavin Newsom plans to reopen the California economy in four stages under the "Resilience Roadmap." But as businesses resume operations, how will employees be protected and protect...
Reopening the Workplace: A Gender Perspective on the Economic Fallout of COVID-19
The COVID-19 coronavirus doesn't discriminate between men and women, but the same can't be said of the pandemic's impact on the U.S. workforce. Traditional support for women at work has been drastically reduced, if not eliminated, during the crisis. Women have had to...
Bring ‘Em All Back? – Knowing Your Rights in the “New Normal”
As state and local economies reopen, employers across the country are cautiously welcoming employees back to their jobs, fearing a resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak. For returning workers, the workplace will be different from before, including the extent to which...
Bring ‘Em All Back? – Privacy and Other Employment Issues in the “New Normal”
In recent weeks, the White House released guidelines for reopening the nation's economy, largely punting to state and local officials to assess whether they are sufficiently prepared to stay ahead of the COVID-19 spread and when to reopen non-essential businesses. In...
How Can Employees Protect Their Privacy in the New Remote Workplace?
With the rapid advance of technologies that enable constant connectivity, the once-sharp line between home and work began to blur over the last decade. Laws that govern employees' privacy rights were already lagging behind this reality when the COVID-19 coronavirus...
COVID-19 and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced much of the American workforce online, where employers are making use of a variety of platforms to facilitate remote work. Some of these platforms involve video recording or access by fingerprint, face scan, or retina or iris scan,...
Uncertainty Looms as New Privacy Law in California Takes Effect in the COVID-19 Era
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, California businesses braced for the significant impact that the new California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) would have on their operations. This far-reaching and the first consumer protection law of its kind in the...
Working From Home During COVID-19: Employees May Face Discrimination From Participation in Videoconferences
As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis continues, many companies have arranged for significant portions of their workforce to perform their jobs remotely. The physical delineation between work and home has been blurred, and videoconferencing tools to virtually connect...
Healthcare Workers Must Navigate Employment Issues While Fighting on the Frontlines
Much has been asked of the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Executives & Professionals Practice Group is proud to represent several of them, and we owe all the frontline heroes and first responders our deepest...
Wendi Lazar Addresses Workplace Privacy Issues Related to COVID-19
On April 30, 2020, Outten & Golden partner Wendi Lazar participated in a panel discussion focusing on various legal considerations associated with the coronavirus pandemic, including threats to employee privacy, confidentiality of health information, and changing...
