2020: it’s been a very tough year. Our country is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment levels are high and people cannot return to work “as normal” given the challenges of the virus spread and containing it.
There’s reason to be optimistic for the future, though. Recently, multiple companies announced vaccines that appear to be very successful in controlling the virus. If these vaccines prove successful, we can look forward to getting the coronavirus under control next year and returning to life as it was pre-pandemic.
What does that mean for employment law? With the new administration entering the White House, you can anticipate that many new employee-friendly laws will be proposed. Some potential laws that we predict are:
● Mandates for businesses to provide personal protective equipment to employees to keep them safe going forward;
● Protections for workers who are working from home to ensure that they are being paid for all time worked and companies are accurately tracking their hours worked;
● Preventing companies from forcing workers to give up their rights to bring cases in court through one-sided arbitration agreements;
● Laws eliminating the gender pay disparity between men and women; and,
● Laws creating universal paid sick days and 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.
We also anticipate a large-scale investment program to bolster small businesses that suffered during the pandemic. This investment will allow small businesses to get back on their feet and grow the local economy, which, in turn, will lead to increased employment and a stronger economy.
This year has brought enormous heartache and pain to countless Americans. Yet, the future remains bright. Together, we will overcome this virus, stronger and more resilient than ever.
If you have questions about whether your employer is violating the new federal requirements, or if you have any other employment concerns, please do not hesitate to call the Shavitz Law Group for a free consultation at (800) 616-4000.
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Gregg Shavitz, Shavitz Law Group, 951 Yamato Rd Ste 285, Boca Raton, FL and 800 3rd Ave, Suite 2800, New York, NY. Lawyers licensed in states including FL, NY, NJ, and TX. The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based on advertisements alone.
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