The EEOC has updated its guidance to explain when employers may screen an employee for COVID-19 before entering the workplace or returning to work after being infected with COVID-19.
Read MoreWith the 6th Circuit's removal of the 5th Circuit's stay on OSHA's vaccine mandate, employers with more than 100 employees must act quickly to create and implement policies and procedures implementing the mandate.
Read MoreThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently stayed application of OSHA's vaccine, testing, and mask mandate for private employers having more than 100 employees. However, the future for those mandates remains uncertain.
Read MoreThe Biden Administration is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for many private-sector employees. When employees object to vaccination on religious grounds, employers must determine whether the employee's objection is based upon religion, rather than on political, social, or personal preferences. This article discusses the EEOC’s latest guidance on employer responses to requests for religious accommodations from vaccine mandates.
Read MoreIn Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the U.S. Supreme Court held that California's law requiring agricultural land owners to permit union organizers onto their land for up to 360 hours per year is unconstitutional. This labor law case may support similar claims that the CDC eviction moratorium was not just beyond the CDC's statutory authority but also was unconstitutional. Although the CDC eviction moratorium is over, Cedar Point serves as a cautionary tale for states and local governments wanted to impose similar moratoriums.
Read MoreEmployers can require COVID-19 vaccinations for most employees as a condition to remaining employed. Employees whose employment is terminated because they refused to get vaccinated usually will not be eligible for unemployment benefits.
Read MoreThe CDC Eviction Moratorium protected tenants from eviction until the U.S. Supreme Court ended it on August 26, 2021. However, the Moratorium's requirements didn’t protect tenants from rent increases. And because the Moratorium lacked standards to determine what tenants can afford and doesn't require them to provide financial documents, some tenants may have falsely claimed eligibility. This article serves as a cautionary tale about loopholes and pitfalls of COVID-19 eviction moratoriums generally.
Read MoreReal estate investors and operators who pay attention to the 18-year real estate cycle may be able to optimize their return on investment.
Read MoreReal estate owners can’t outsource or move real estate–they can only reimagine how the real estate will be used. Those who view the pandemic as an opportunity for growth will be part of real estate's post-pandemic evolution.
Read MoreUsually, when a contract ends, the parties’ obligations to each other end too. But sometimes parties to a contract want to end a contractual relationship but have some of their contractual obligations continue after the relationship is over.
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