layoffs – Coronavirus (COVID-19)

May 10, 2021 by Duane Morris

California Mandates Rehiring Laid-Off Employees for Certain Private Sector Employers

In what may be a first in California, the state Legislature recently passed a law that creates unionlike recall rights for employees who work for private sector businesses in certain industries. SB 93, recently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires employers that own or operate an “enterprise” in one of six particular areas to first offer newly opened positions to laid-off employees. That obligation extends until the end of 2024.

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April 6, 2020August 31, 2020 by Duane Morris

Countering Layoffs, Lessons From The First Week Of The CARES Act

(This is the fourth in a series on the impacts of the coronavirus on employment and the workplace. Read part one, part two and part three.)

Government and private sector businesses are moving so rapidly during the first week of the $2 trillion CARES Act, that we can already draw some lessons going forward. This is so especially for the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the main vehicle rushing funds to small businesses to stem additional layoffs and permanent business closures.

To read the full text of this article by Duane Morris attorney Michael Bernick, with comments from Nanette Heide and Sandra Stoneman, please visit the firm website.

March 30, 2020August 31, 2020 by Duane Morris

The Unprecedented Employer Subsidies This Week To Avoid Layoffs

(This is the third in a series on the impacts of the coronavirus on employment and the workplace. Read the first and second part.)

The federal stimulus, approved last Friday, includes unprecedented financial incentives for employers to retain employees or bring back employees laid off after March 1, 2020. Whether they succeed or not remains to be seen. However, these incentives go well beyond the layoff aversion strategies of previous Stimulus efforts dating back to World War II.

To read the full text of this article by Duane Morris attorney Michael Bernick, with comments from Nanette Heide and Meagan Garland, please visit the firm website.