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**NOTE: This article was originally published in early 2021, and since that time many of the rules have changed.  COVID rules and regulations surround travel are constantly evolving, so be sure to check your local rules as well as the rules of the location to which you are headed.**

UPDATE 12/23/2020: Since this article was first published, two vaccines have now been approved and are being administered.  The EEOC also issued updated guidance relating to COVID-19 in the workplace, including vaccines, that can be reviewed here.  Section K pertains to vaccines.  In addition to the disability and religion...

Wednesday, November 11, 2020, is Veterans Day.  We are proud to have represented – and are currently representing – both veterans and current service members in employment litigation.  In this article, we are talking about workplace protections when individuals return from military service and/or have been disabled due to military service.

With the 2020 Presidential election tomorrow (!!), we are revisiting a blog post we wrote in 2017 after the Women's March.  While it's no secret that our beliefs align more with the democratic party, we also were not in despair after President Trump was elected in 2016.  But, now, after almost four...

During Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination hearings, she was asked about a 7th Circuit decision she authored which found that that an employee being called the "n-word" (once, by a supervisor) did not constitute a "hostile work environment." This made the rounds on social media as evidence that...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Today we are talking about workplace and voting protections for individuals affected by domestic violence. Employment: What is Discrimination Based on Status as a Victim of Domestic Violence? There is No Federal Law Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence in the...

Maybe it's objectively true, or maybe it's exacerbated by social media and the 24-hour news cycle, but the 2020 presidential election has a sense of everything being on the line.  And this is a sentiment we've seen on both sides.  So, it's not surprising that tensions are running high.  We often write...