- Know your state’s rules: Voting leave requirements vary widely — some mandate paid time off, others unpaid, and several include posting or notice obligations.
- Review and update practices annually: State laws change frequently — conduct a yearly compliance review ahead of each election cycle.
- Remember remote workers: Voting leave laws generally
Jennifer Ellerkamp
Jennifer Ellerkamp is the Knowledge Management (“KM”) Attorney for Jackson Lewis P.C.’s Advice and Counsel practice group, and is based in the firm’s Denver, Colorado, office. She uses her experience advising clients in all areas of employment law to provide the firm and its clients with vital resources necessary to navigate current and developing laws.
Idaho Enacts New Coronavirus Vaccination Law
By Jennifer Ellerkamp & Shane R. Larsen on
Posted in COVID-19
Under new legislation coined the “Coronavirus Stop Act,” employers doing business in the state of Idaho may no longer require a coronavirus vaccination as a term of employment unless required by federal law or where the terms of employment include travel to foreign jurisdictions requiring vaccination.
Read more here.