Labor Days
Spotlight on Business Courts
Colleagues in the firm’s ligation group, Bill Gyves, Nick Panarella and Damon Suden, prepared an advisory – Spotlight on Business Courts – addressing the uptick in proposed rule changes intended to promote increased…
Company to Pay $115,000 to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit on Behalf of Transgender Employee
As predicted, the news in the Labor/Employment world continues to center on developments in the area of legal rights for transgender employees. On January 21, the EEOC announced a $115,000 settlement of a complaint…
The EEOC continues to recognize sexual orientation discrimination as sex discrimination under Title VII
On January 6, 2016, the EEOC field an amicus brief in Barbara Burrows v. The College of Central Florida arguing, for the first time, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers against sexual…
New York Employers – Looking Backward and Forward.
Last year was a ‘big year’ in New York in terms of new employment laws, and 2016 is shaping up to be just as big – as employers come into compliance with the many new laws, and brace for additional changes to come.…
EEOC Issues Guidance Directed Specifically to HIV Positive Employees and Their Physicians
On December 1, 2015, in conjunction with World AIDS Day, the EEOC issued two documents addressing the legal rights available to employees with HIV/AIDS under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Living With…