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The October edition of HR Legal & Compliance Excellence is Themed on ‘Remote Work Laws’. We bring you a few hand-picked articles and hope these will help you understand the risks and challenges involved when employees work from home.
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One in five companies has reported a security breach traced to a remote worker, according to a Malwarebytes survey of more than 200 decision-makers in IT and cybersecurity roles at organizations across the US.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated an already shifting work landscape. Prior to the pandemic, some employees in certain specific positions worked remotely. Now, by necessity, the practice has become widespread.
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After approving emergency leave because of the coronavirus crisis, New York state lawmakers also have approved a requirement that many of New York’s employers must provide job-protected, paid sick leave to workers at the beginning of 2021.
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Since the 1st August, employers have had more discretion to ask employees to return to the workplace, if it is safe to do so. The change comes as the government alters its ‘work from home if you can’ message and drops its advice against using public transport.
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Suppose you find your company is affected by the pandemic and resulting economic downturn. You decide to furlough some of your employees. You inform them of their impending furlough. You hope that you can now focus on staying afloat until the economy improves.
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It is no surprise that employers are required to pay employees for all hours worked, including work performed remotely. Under the FLSA compensable time is the time that an employee is “suffered or permitted to work.”
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Cal/OSHA recently cited 11 employers in the food processing, meatpacking, health care, agriculture, and retail industries for not protecting employees from potential exposure to Covid-19.
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The Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations that are intended to clarify the standard for determining whether a worker qualifies as an independent contractor for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) purposes on Tuesday.
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