Law Clips
Posted: February 26, 2021
Criminal background questions used to be standard fare on job applications. This may now be unlawful. Multiple locations have passed so-called “ban-the-box” or “fair chance” laws that prohibit or limit employers’ ability to ask about or...
Posted: February 10, 2021
As the pandemic drags on, employers’ obligations to pay employees when they need to be out of work due to having COVID-19, or having had a COVID-19 exposure, are changing.
The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) expired...
Posted: January 14, 2021
Our partner Jessica Shpall Rosen was quoted by Law360 on Enterprise WARN Act Ruling.
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Posted: December 29, 2020
The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which requires certain employers to provide paid sick and family leave for certain COVID-19-related reasons, will expire as originally intended on December 31, 2020. It was not exte...
Posted: December 28, 2020
With COVID-19 vaccines already being administered, many businesses feel a heightened sense of urgency and have reached out to us with questions about whether to (and how to) adopt a vaccination policy. For the last few months, employers have pondered...
Posted: December 8, 2020
Employees have traditionally worked from their employers’ offices or facilities. As a result, businesses only needed to concern themselves with the employment laws of the states (counties or cities) where they had physical locations.
Although ...
Posted: November 13, 2020
Amazon won a legal victory on Nov. 1 in Palmer v. Amazon.com Inc.[1] when the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed...
Posted: November 6, 2020
Employee-initiated litigation is back in full swing after a COVID-19-induced hiatus. As the pandemic continues to upend workplace norms and disrupt employment relations in unprecedented ways, employment litigation has taken on a unique spin.
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Posted: November 2, 2020
Our Managing Partner, Joel Greenwald contributed to Vistage International's report on Decision Factors 2020: Climb to Recover for CEO's. Click on the link below to read the article.
Appoint a Chief Safety Officer...
Posted: October 22, 2020
As winter approaches and the pandemic continues, many employers are considering mandating that their employees get vaccinated (most commonly for the flu, and for COVID-19, if/when the vaccine becomes available). Aside from certain industries (like he...