The Paley Rothman Blog
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted “business as usual” in many ways. People and businesses have been focusing on safety measures and efforts to maintain financial stability.
Under Virginia’s new Emergency Temporary Standard, employers of all sizes will need to comply with mandated workplace safety measures designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The most recent challenges to RoundUp® follow a 2015 declaration by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that the active ingredient in RoundUp, glyphosate, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” This triggered an avalanche of lawsuits against Monsanto seeking tens of billions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages for injuries – specifically, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, an often fatal blood cancer – allegedly caused by exposure to the product.
Maryland businesses with 50 or more employees must submit their first Sexual Harassment Disclosure Survey to the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights by July 1, 2020.
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act gives businesses more time to use their PPP loans but the added flexibility may come at a price for some businesses.