Labor Days
Consistency is Key - for Employee Masks and T-Shirts in the Workplace
On Tuesday July 21, 2020, Kelley Drye’s Labor and Employment Practice hosted a webinar focused on best practices for navigating challenges of the “not so normal” workplace of 2020. A workplace where employers are…
It’s Not Just All Pandemic, All the Time!
As New York employers struggle to reopen their workplaces, implement new workplace COVID-19 policies, manage remote workers, and deal with employees who are quarantined, afraid of contracting COVID-19, afraid of the…
Upcoming Webinar: NOT NORMAL - The Challenges of a Changed Workplace
[" <\/a>\n JOIN US: TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020","12:30PM EST<\/h4>\nFour months ago, the Dow was close to 30,000, employment rates were at historic highs, the coronavirus was still “novel,” and millions had not yet taken…
EEOC Delivers Hefty Fine for Disability Discrimination
In May, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx”) will pay $3.3 million dollars and provide programmatic relief to resolve a disability…
The Answer is Clear—Title VII Will Protect Gay and Transgender Workers
In a long awaited landmark ruling by Justice M. Gorsuch, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII protects gay and transgender workers. The Opinion provides: Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone…