Cozen OвЂ™Connor attorneys guide clients through these and other complex situations and enable them to take decisive action without compromising operational effectiveness. For example, to avoid the issues raised by the pandemic, we conducted weekly webinars on a wide range of COVID-19 issues and prepared a COVID-19 tool kit to assist our clients. We frequently meet with clients to educate them on the challenging issues posed by the virus. Striking this balance is particularly critical during a crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic. When a specific labor or employment issue arises, clients immediately face the competing goals of vigorously refuting accusations or adverse precedents, and restoring a sense of calm and unity of purpose to the workplace. We also handle traditional labor law matters, helping employers foster positive workplace relations, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, and handle labor arbitrations and unfair labor practice proceedings. We appear regularly before federal and state courts, agencies and departments (such as the EEOC, NLRB, DOL, IRS, OSHA, and ICE), and arbitrators. We handle high-stakes employment litigation, including individual and class claims of discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, defamation, non-compete violations, and wrongful discharge. Our full-service labor and employment department represents a broad range of entities: exchange-listed companies, private enterprises, nonprofits, governments and trade associations.

Cozen OвЂ™Connor has a dedicated team of labor and employment lawyers who focus on keeping clients informed and protected. Now more than ever, given the legal implications employers face in the shadow of COVID-19, counsel on the cutting edge is essential. Labor and employment is a constantly changing practice area governed by a profusion of interrelated federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

We also look at the import of New York State finally designating COVID-19 as a вЂњhighly contagious communicable disease.вЂќ In the latest episode of Employment Law Now, Michael Schmidt addresses President BidenвЂ™s new directive that OSHA issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or weekly testing. President Biden's New OSHA COVID-19 Directive

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