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Roe Law Group believes knowledge is power. We regularly send out a newsletters and alerts with information on issues that may effect your business. We also offer free lunch seminars on employment law topics. Sign up for our newsletter and alert service and to be added to our seminar notice list. Check out our past newsletters here.
Check out our free training topics for 2023
Check out our free training materials discussing how to effectively manage your remote workforce
Check out our notes from our Marijuana, Paid Leave, and More Webinar
Check out our reference form covering I-9 compliance requirements
Check out our reference form covering the state and local job posting pay disclosure requirements in place in 2023
Find information regarding our January 12th webinar on what to expect for 2023
Check out our newsletter discussing recent NLRB decisions, state law changes taking effect in 2023, and more
Find information regarding our November 8th webinar on how to conduct internal investigations
Find information regarding our July 12th webinar on the new MN THC law and what employers should do about it here!
Check out the materials from our July 6, 2022 webinar, where we covered workplace implications, benefit issues, and messaging in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Check out the materials from our June 2022 seminar, where we covered issues that multi-state employers should be thinking about
Check out the materials from our June 9, 2022, webinar regarding Minnesota’s frontline worker pay requirements
View our sample policy addressing social media use in the workplace
Check out the materials from our April 20, 2022 webinar covering FMLA leave, reasonable accommodations, and the interactive process
Check out the PowerPoint from our February 9, 2022 webinar covering the top ten changes employer should consider as we move from pandemic to endemic
Check out our sample communication to employees that you can use in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate the stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing, and Face Covering ETS
View our cheat sheet addressing when COVID-19 recordable on your OSHA 300 log
View our sample Disability and Religious Accommodation Request Form for Vaccine, Testing, and Masking
View our cheat sheet addressing the CDC’s updated quarantine and isolation guidelines
View our cheat sheet covering the CDC’s latest masking guidelines
View our cheat sheet covering COVID-19 testing options
Check out our sample policy regarding COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and face coverings
Check out our PowerPoint addressing ETS updates, accommodation requests, testing, and more
View our sample handbook table of contents
Check out the materials for our December 8, 2021 RLG Webinar covering the various vaccine mandates, handbooks, and what to plan for in 2022
Check out our sample COVID-19 vaccination incentive policy
Review our list of topics you should consider incorporating when drafting materials for training managers and employees on COVID-19 policies and procedures
Check out our PowerPoint covering some compliance considerations pertaining to OSHA’s ETS
View our FAQs addressing OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS
View our PowerPoint covering OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS
Check out our notes from our October 29, 2021 webinar
Check out our cheat sheet on strategies you can employ to detect fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
Check out the handout from our July 27, 2021 webinar
View our PowerPoint (with notes!) from our May 13, 2021 webinar
Check out the notes from our April 8, 2021 webinar
Updated sample materials include a Sample FFCRA Request Form, a Sample FFCRA Leave Policy, and a Sample FFCRA Designation Form
Check out the materials for our March 11, 2021 RLG Thursday Throwback and Future Forecast Webinar
Check out the materials from our February 11, 2021 RLG Second Thursday Lunch and Learn Webinar
Check out our compilation of every state’s travel restrictions, which includes links to each state’s COVID-19 travel guidance
View our Sample COVID-19 Travel Policy
Check out the notes from our January 28, 2021 webinar
View our PowerPoint from our January 28, 2021 webinar
View our Sample Social Media Policy (updated January 2021)
View our sample letter and sample policy covering COVID-19 vaccination programs
View our PowerPoint from the the ISCEBS Twin Cities Chapter’s January 7, 2021 “Considerations for the COVID-19 Vaccine” Coffee Conversation
Check out what trainings we are offering for 2021
Check out our training materials that cover managing the remote workforce
View our summary addressing Minnesota’s adoption of the CDC’s recent quarantine guidance updates
View our sample check list for monitoring COVID-19 in the workplace
Topics include Isolation and Quarantine, Contact Tracing, Disinfecting, Who Returns and When, Communications, OSHA and Official Public Health Considerations, and Manager Training
Here is the PowerPoint you can use to follow along during our December 3, 2020 webinar
Here is the PowerPoint from our October 21, 2020 webinar
Clarification from the DOL on the FFCRA’s Paid Leave Provisions
Topics include RLG website updates, new DOL forms, CDC updates, new SAFE TO WORK Act information & October Webinar save-the-date
Find the Department of Labor’s FAQs on the FFCRA here (current as of September 9, 2020)
View our Sample Minneapolis & St. Paul Sick and Safe Time Policy
View our Sample Telecommuting Policy
Topics include FFCRA Ruling, CDC Updates & Training Reminder
View our Sample Minnesota Wage Theft Letter
View our power point and Q&A for training managers on COVID-19 best practices
Topics include FFCRA Leave, the ADA, OSHA, and Payroll Tax Credits
Topics include Off-Duty Social Media Posts, Mandatory Vaccinations, Privacy and HIPAA Concerns, Expense Reimbursement Laws, ADA Considerations, and the FFCRA
Topics include Minnesota’s Face Covering Order, New CDC Return to Work Guidance, FFCRA Leave and State Quarantine Rules, I-9 Compliance, and New Stimulus Package Proposals
Topics include COVID-19 Addendums for Employee Handbooks, Performance Management in the COVID-19 Era, and Planning for Potential COVID-19-Related Issues
View our sample Internal Business Preparedness Plan and Sample Employee Handout
Our summary breaks down the key Business Preparedness Plans provisions contained in Minnesota’s Executive Order 20-40
We’ve created a flowchart to help you and your business navigate Emergency Family Medical Leave and Emergency Paid Sick Leave under the FFCRA
Topics include Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements and Respiratory Protection Guidance
Resources include links to the Department of Labor’s Required FFCRA Poster and FAQ and OSHA’s Required COVID-19 Workplace Poster
Topics include Extended UI Eligibility Requirements, How the CARES Act Impacts UI Benefits, and UI’s relationship with Paid Sick Leave
Topics include Tax Credits, Unemployment Benefits, and PPP Loans
Resources include links to the Department of Labor’s initial FAQs on the FFCRA, CISA Guidance on Critical Infrastructure Workers, and Minnesota DEED’s List of Critical Workers
Resources include links to Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order (Executive Order 20-20), CISA Guidance on Critical Infrastructure Workers, and Minnesota DEED’s List of Critical Workers
Resources include links to Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance Shared Work Arrangements FAQs, City of Minneapolis’ COVID-19 FAQs for Local Businesses, St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Emergency Declarations for COVID-19, and more
Find out our initial thoughts on the FFCRA’s “Fewer than 500 Employees” Requirement
Topics include DOL’s Final Rule Regarding the Exempt Status Salary Threshold
Topics include Minnesota’s Wage Theft Law and how it will affect businesses moving forward
Topics include the Minnesota Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance’s geographic scope
Topics include recent NLRB reversals, Limits on Title VII’s Anti-Retaliation Provisions, the ADA and Attendance Policies, Employee Reimbursement Laws, and Arbitration Agreements
Topics include Immigration, ADA and Pregnancy, Workplace Culture, FMLA Forms, Employee Handbooks, and Marijuana in the Workplace
Topics include Harassment Training, the Interactive Process of the ADA, the NLRB, Biometric Technology, and Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Topics include Medical Leave, Social Media, Parental Leave, Drug Testing, and Background Checks
Topics include Accommodating Temporary Employees, Minnesota Whistleblower Law, Politics in the Workplace, New I-9 Form, GINA Safe Harbor Language, and the Terminated Google Employee Controversy
Topics include ADA Decision, NLRB on Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Policies, Preventing LGBT Claims, EEOC and Mental Health Conditions, and “Micro-Unions”
Topics include Hiring Plaintiff’s Counsel, FMLA Policies, OSHA and Employers, Fitness for Duty Policies, and EEOC Continuity
Topics include the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan, FLSA Revisions, Drug-Free Workplace Policies, Increased FLSA Claims, and OSHA’s Anti-Retaliation Provisions
Topics include New FLSA Regulations, EEO-1 Filings, Federal Contractor and Sick Leave, FLSA Regulations Affecting Benefit Plans, and Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Topics include FLSA Audits, Updating Posters, OSHA Penalties, EEOC Wellness Sample Notice, and Employment Terminations Under USERRA
Topics include Positive Workplaces, Increased Penalties for Employing Undocumented Workers and I-9 Violations, OSHA’s Effects on Drug and Alcohol Testing Policies, Wrongful Discharge in Minnesota, and Connection between WESA and FMLA
Topics include Feds and Pay Data from Employers, Sex Discrimination of Transgender Employees, NLRB in the Non-Union Setting, Termination and Social Media, Mandatory Paid Sick Leave, and Medical Exams for Wellness Programs
Topics include Overtime Pay Changes, Independent Contractors, Avoiding FMLA Interference Claims, EEOC and Wellness Programs, and Unpaid Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation
Topics include Transferring Employees During Intermittent Leave, EEOC Investigations, Holiday Pay While on FMLA, and Terminating an Employee
Topics include Amendments to FLSA and Developing a Consistent Accommodation Process