Today the CDC has issued new guidance for when you have been fully vaccinated. People are considered fully vaccinated: 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, like the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, like Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine. ...
In response to President Biden's Executive Order, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has issued stronger, more detailed guidance related to COVID-19, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace, https://www.osha.gov/coronavir...
In light of a federal court decision that invalidated portions of the regulations implementing the Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the U.S. Department of Labor has reaffirmed or revised those portions of the ...
OSHA's guidance creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace. ...
The Kansas Human Rights Commission (KHRC) announced today that the KHRC will follow the United States Supreme Court's interpretation that Title VII's “sex” discrimination prohibition includes employment discrimination on the basis of homosexuality and transgender status. The KHRC will interpret ...
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act offers protection to employees by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a lab...
Under the regulations promulgated by the DOL and published on April 6, 2020 in the Federal Register, a covered Employer under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) has the following recordkeeping requirements, which are found at 29 CFR § 826.140: (a) An Employer is r...
The Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has promulgated regulations (Temporary Rule) to implement public health emergency leave under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and emergency paid sick leave to assist working families facing public health emergencies ari...
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), small businesses with fewer than 50 employees may qualify for exemption from the requirement to provide leave due to school closings or child care unavailability if the leave requirements would jeopardize the viability of the business as ...
Under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), a public sector employee probably is entitled to paid sick leave if, for example, the public sector employee works for the government of the United States, a State, the District of Columbia, a Territ...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The Department of Labor's (Department) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) administers and enforces the...
Employers who are health care providers or emergency responders may elect to exclude their employees from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), including the provisions of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act. The Department of...
The State of Kansas is collecting documentation from businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis to support its request to the SBA for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan Declaration. Negatively impacted businesses should go to http://www.ksready.gov/ to complete the SBA Estimated Disaster Economic...
The EEOC has shared the following information about the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19: The EEOC enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, including the requirement for reasonable accommodation and rul...
KDOL -- The Kansas Department of Labor has updated its website to include resources for COVID-19 Response, including information on the Shared Work Program and Unemployment Insurance. https://www.dol.ks.gov/covid19response FLSA -- The U.S. Department of Labor addresses COVID-19 or Other Public H...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has daily updates and other resources to keep Kansans educated on the coronavirus (COVID-19) at http://www.kdheks.gov/coronavirus/; see also https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/. Today the KDHE reported the confirmation of three new presumptive...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is confirming its first presumptive-positive case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Kansas. The case is located in Johnson County and the patient is currently in home isolation, following the guidance of the CDC. According to the...
Eric Steinle attended the Legal Tax and Accounting (LTA) section of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives annual conference February 12-14, 2020 in LaQuinta, California. The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives is dedicated to the advancement of the business and policy interests of Ameri...
The Attorney General's Office will mark National Consumer Protection Week, March 1-7, 2020, with free document destruction events throughout the state. For Hutchinson, the free document destruction will be Thursday, March 5, 2020 from 11 am to 1 pm at the Kansas State Fairgrounds – Gate 3, W. 2...
The Kansas Supreme Court conducts special dockets in different communities as part of its ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary. The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments in Concordia on Thursday, April 7, 2020 at 6:30 pm...
On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to revise and update its regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL's announcement provides: The final rule provides updated guidance for determining joint employer st...
"Our Kansas Courts is a non-partisan, non-political, educational project sponsored by the Kansas Bar Foundation, designed to help educate Kansas citizens about our legal system, and, in particular, the role and structure of the court system. "There was a time when disputes were resolved by royal ...
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay. The final rule updates the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Ac...
John H. Shaffer -- April 02, 1927 - June 24, 2019 Our law firm is saddened by the passing of our longtime colleague and friend, John H. Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer practiced law in Hutchinson for more than sixty years, most recently with the firm of Martindell, Swearer, Shaffer Ridenour LLP, a firm resu...
National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the road, and in our homes and communities. The National Safety Council provides downloadable resources highlighting a different safety topic for each week in June: Hazard Recognition, Slips, Trips and Fall...
