After the FDA issued emergency authorization, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed across the United States, with front line healthcare workers among the first to receive the vaccine. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/14/world/covid-19-coronavirus In light of this development, please review our earlier post about whether employers can legally mandate vaccination of their employees. https://wladislawfirm.com/can-an-employer-require-an-employee-to-take-a-covid-19-vaccine/
Today, November 23, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced parts of Onondaga County were subject to the orange-zone limitations due to an upward trending COVID-19 infection rate. This is an increase from the prior yellow-zone limitations issued earlier this month. After Governor Cuomo expanded the yellow-zone within Onondaga County, he stated that the areas […]
In a normal year, parents everywhere would be singing “It’s the most wonnnnderful time of the year” as they prepare to send their children back to school. It’s the understatement of the century to say that this is decidedly not a normal year. Teachers, staff, and school administrators have been diligently preparing to welcome our […]
Today, we celebrate dads. Aren’t they lucky to have us? Unlike moms, there is little chance that dads will spend their special day in Central New York brushing snow off the grill. We hope you are spending the day in a way that is meaningful to you. If you need a little dad wisdom in […]
We might even celebrate by eating dinner around the dining room tables that have served as our temporary home offices since March, but we want to share the good news with you – we are back in the office! While we get settled back into our home at 6312 Fly Road, we have some updated […]
On Monday, the United States will mark the occasion of Memorial Day. First recognized as a national holiday in 1971, Memorial Day, once called Decoration Day, originated after the Civil War. The day is intended as a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation. Cities, towns and villages across […]
I’ve lost track of how many days I’ve been working in my home office, balancing conference calls with helping my daughters with math homework – but the days became weeks became months. Although Governor Cuomo extended the New York on Pause executive order through the end of this month, parts of the state have just […]
We agree with Abraham Lincoln, who famously said “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
If there was one profession that did not need a day or week to be appreciated, it would be those in education, and especially teachers. Now, I am not just saying this as a son of a teacher. But, how many of us have become quasi-teachers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? How many […]
I don’t know about you, but with all this extra time I have lying awake at 3 am after waking from a vivid dream about whether I included the attachment on that last email, did I lock the back door, is my conference call at 10 or 11…I have had a little time to think […]