Castle Publications is excited to announce the first definitive and comprehensive Employer's Guide to COVID-19 and Emerging Workplace Issues: Year 2, co-authored by Attorneys Richard J. Simmons, Brian D. Murphy, and Adam R. Rosenthal of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.

This new Guide is the go-to resource for employers across the country. It addresses the choices employers have been forced to make under great pressure due to the pandemic. As the best forward-thinking resource in the country, it highlights the next phase of employment decisions that must be made when restarting businesses and reintegrating employees into the workforce. In over 830 pages, the Employer's Guide examines key compliance and cost-saving issues that must be considered and identifies problem areas that will lead to litigation. Employers must prepare to meet the challenges created by the "new normal."

Castle's new electronic book delves into the federal standards in each of its 16 substantive chapters. It also focuses on California's, New York's and Illinois' employment laws. It reviews the CDC's critical guidance for businesses and employers, the paid sick leave rules in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the CARES Act, WARN rules and substantive law issues in the wage and hour, employment discrimination, workplace safety, OSHA, leaves of absence, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and immigration fields. It also offers insight on the first 100 days of the Biden Administration and the employers' challenges related to vaccinations.

Among the numerous topics addressed are the following: