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...
7/7/2023 6:07:27 PM Tomorrow’s supply chain – are dashcams in work vehicles legal under U.S. labor law? By Mark Goldstein Eduardo Vargas Over the past several years, a growing number of businesses that utilize delivery drivers have begun installing dashcam and similar...
10/5/2022 10:00:29 PM NLRB reverses precedent on dues checkoff obligations By Emily Harbison Eduardo Vargas Continuing a string of pro-union decisions, the National Labor Relations Board recently overruled a 2019 Board decision and held that...
9/28/2022 6:38:36 PM New York City to lift workplace vaccine mandate By Mark Goldstein In early December 2021, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all private sector employers in New York City would need to adopt a...
9/27/2022 4:56:39 PM FTC set to begin policing companies for alleged gig worker abuse By Emily Harbison Michael Lombardino Oluwaseyi Odunaiya One of the priorities of the current administration is to police the alleged abuse of “gig workers,” particularly through the Department...
9/9/2022 5:39:40 PM NLRB reverses precedent on employer dress codes and joint employer standard By Emily Harbison Eduardo Vargas Consistent with its pro-union agenda, the National Labor Relations Board recently reversed precedent established under the prior...
8/29/2022 8:03:12 PM New York implements Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus Program By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Veronica Miclot On August 3, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the implementation of New York’s Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus...
8/18/2022 9:35:56 PM The Fourth Circuit finds the ADA covers gender dysphoria By Oluwaseyi Odunaiya Emily Harbison On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that gender dysphoria could qualify as a disability under the...
7/26/2022 1:59:34 PM UAE employers, are your HR affairs in order? By Marize Coetzer Adela Mues In February 2022 the new UAE Labour Law[1] came into force marking a landmark change to the employment landscape in the United Arab...
6/29/2022 3:52:07 PM What employers need to consider post-Dobbs By Brenda Rosales-Carrillo Emily Harbison In light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 24, 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which holds that access to...
5/27/2022 5:15:21 PM California Supreme Court rules additional penalties may be recoverable for meal and rest period violations By Michele Gehrke Eduardo Vargas Mara Curtis On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court handed down its decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services. The decision discusses...
5/2/2022 8:39:07 PM Florida expands definition of “discrimination” and increases employer liability for discrimination in workplace diversity training By Christina Olivos Jay Thornton Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that prohibits employers from implementing discriminatory practices in their...
4/4/2022 3:37:45 AM The Ramadan Roundup By Marize Coetzer It is that time of the year again – a time of fasting, reflection, prayer and community for Muslims all around the world. In the Middle...
3/25/2022 4:44:58 PM Virginia officially revoked COVID-19 workplace safety standard By Noah Oberlander Carew Bartley Betty Graumlich On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, official revocation of Virginia’s COVID-19 permanent workplace safety standard became effective upon...
3/14/2022 3:49:48 AM Biden signs federal law restricting sexual harassment and assault arbitration By Alexandra Manfredi Christopher Bouriat Mallory McCarthy Mark Goldstein +1 more... Show less On March 3, President Joe Biden signed into law one of the most significant modifications ever made to federal arbitration law. Known as...
3/8/2022 9:35:28 PM New York legislature proposes sweeping changes to workplace laws By Alexandra Manfredi Mallory McCarthy Mark Goldstein On March 1, 2022, the New York State Senate passed a suite of landmark employment legislation. Though several of the bills still need to...