The Covid-19 pandemic has evolved to the point where effective vaccinations have lessened the need for universal mask wearing. Most view this development as reason for optimism that the pandemic will end or, at least, continue only at a manageable level with marginal impact on workplaces. The CDC’s new guidance exempting fully vaccinated persons from wearing masks either indoors or outdoors in most circumstances offers employers the opportunity to adjust their workplace Covid-19 related policies.
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HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA DURING RECRUITING AND HIRING WITHOUT LIABILITY
Seven in ten Americans use social media, according to the Pew Research Center. They connect with one another, access content, share information, and entertain themselves through social media. When the Pew Research Center first surveyed the use of social media in 2005, only five percent…
HIRING AND RECRUITING IN TIGHT LABOR MARKETS
The unemployment rate hovered at a 49-year low of 3.6 percent in both April and May of 2019. Low unemployment typically creates a jobseeker’s market in which workers find plentiful attractive job openings. On the other side of the equation, however, employers usually have a…
Employers and Product Suppliers Beware: Is Welding Rod Litigation Going to Come Back
The publication of a new study in Neurology, that contends the long-term effects of airborne manganese from welding may be associated with an increasing appearance of Parkinsonism symptoms in welders and other exposed individuals, may resurrect a species of toxic tort litigation that was thought…
