Labor Days
Whistleblowing as a Private Right of Action in New York?
The venerable New York Whistleblower Protection Act has long allowed employees to report misconduct by their employer, at which point the public interest could be vindicated by the state Attorney General. But does an…
New California Law Prevents Employers from Imposing Non-California Forum Selection or Choice of Law Provisions upon California Employees
As part of our efforts to update employers regarding the newly-enacted statutes that will affect employers in the coming year, this post addresses a bill recently signed into by California Governor Jerry Brown that…
Supreme Court Stays Fourth Circuit’s Ruling Affirming Transgender Students’ Bathroom Rights
The Supreme Court stayed a Fourth Circuit ruling that requires schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as. We are monitoring the case for its impact on employers going…
Barbara Hoey Quoted on Internal Investigations in Compliance Week
I recently sat down with a reporter from Compliance Week to discuss the implications of Gilman v. Marsh & McLennan, a recent federal appeals court ruling affirming that companies have cause to terminate employees…
Workplace Video Monitoring: What Employers Need To Know
The omnipresence of video cameras is a fact of life. The average American, aware or not, is caught on surveillance camera more than 75 times a day. Given the availability and effectiveness of inexpensive video…