12/27/2023 6:47:40 PM New year, new laws: Key compliance dates for New York employers By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Victoria Jaus New York State lawmakers had a busy 2023 and have ushered in many new measures that will take effect throughout 2024. As New York...
12/19/2023 8:48:48 PM Reminder to New York employers: Amendments to nondisclosure rules will require updates to separation and settlement agreements By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Victoria Jaus During the height of the #MeToo movement, New York lawmakers passed a host of workplace-related legislation. This included adoption of...
12/1/2023 10:13:17 AM Collective redundancies on insolvency: administrators’ responsibilities and liabilities By Carl De Cicco Linton Bloomberg Alison Heaton When an employer is insolvent and administrators appointed, job losses are often an inevitable consequence. In this blog we look at the...
11/29/2023 6:02:07 PM UK Employment Tribunal: third party access to Tribunal pleadings and documentation By David Ashmore Alison Heaton Mahmuda Kamalee One hundred years ago this month, in November 1923, Lord Hewart delivered a famous legal judgment on the principles of open justice,...
11/28/2023 5:29:45 PM Get the party started: avoiding HR issues at festive events By David Ashmore Alison Heaton With the 2023 winter work party season upon us, company, location, or team level seasonal gatherings provide a chance for employers to...
11/17/2023 9:39:51 PM Dueling challenges to NLRB’s new joint employer rule succeed in extending effective date of rule By Emily Harbison Heather Raun On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that dramatically lowered the standard for companies to...
11/10/2023 5:53:07 PM California enacts increase in the minimum wage for covered health care employees By Garrett Parks Brandon Nhan Nhan Paul Pitts Governor Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 525 into law adding new minimum wage requirements to Sections 1182.14 and 1182.15 of the California...
11/9/2023 4:08:36 PM An update – Changes to post-Brexit UK employment law: What is next for working time and TUPE By Carl De Cicco Alison Heaton In May 2023 we reported how the UK government made a series of announcements in respect of proposed reforms to two areas of law derived...
11/8/2023 8:57:35 PM California employment law legislative update: bills that will become law in 2024 and beyond By Jennifer Terry Rachelle Hong Barton Maritza Torres We previously alerted employers to California employment law bills that were still alive toward the end of the most recent legislative...
11/1/2023 2:07:28 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part III) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief As detailed in part one and part two of our multipart series, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI)...
10/31/2023 2:34:08 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part II) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief As detailed in the first installment of our multipart series, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI)...
10/30/2023 5:53:02 PM NLRB Issues Final Rule Replacing Joint Employer Test By Betty Graumlich David Hartmann On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule to replace and essentially reverse the joint employer test...
10/30/2023 1:31:09 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part I) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief It is indisputable that artificial intelligence (AI) has generated enormous buzz over the past several years. AI has had a substantial...
10/27/2023 3:46:27 PM Sexual harassment in the workplace: Update on the Worker Protection (amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill in the United Kingdom By Carl De Cicco Jonathan Lord How has the Bill changed? The House of Commons have approved the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill (the Bill),...
10/24/2023 9:24:38 PM New York salary threshold to increase in March 2024 for certain wage protections By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Alexandra Irizarry Effective March 13, 2024, the salary threshold for certain exemptions under Article 6 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL) will increase from...
10/18/2023 3:24:44 PM SEC implements new level of scrutiny for employment agreements and separation agreements under whistleblower protection rule By Amanda Brown Heather Raun In a series of press releases throughout September 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement orders...