Labor Days
The Bathroom Dilemma in the News – Transgender Rights on the Front Page
The front page of last Sunday’s New York Times ‘Styles’ section was almost entirely devoted to an article called “ The Symbols of Change,” recounting how many public venues are converting from the traditional…
The Second Circuit “Likes” the NLRB’s Reasoning
In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board has tended to protect employees’ social media activity against employers. A few weeks ago, the Second Circuit upheld a decision of the National Labor Relations Board…
The NLRB Confuses with Ruling on Successorship Doctrine in Cases Where Worker Retention Laws Apply
When one company acquires another company with a unionized workforce, some key questions almost inevitably emerge: will the acquiring company be bound by the acquired company’s collective bargaining obligations and…
Join Kelley Drye on November 5 for a CLE Seminar on LGBT Rights in the Workplace
As reported in an editorial by The New York Times over the weekend, New York now is a leader in the area of gender rights. The state already explicitly prohibited discrimination against employees based on sexual…
New York City’s "Ban the Box" Law, the Fair Chance Act, in Effect
Just a reminder that New York City’s "Ban the Box" law, the Fair Chance Act, actually goes into effect today, October 27, 2015. We summarized the key provisions of the law in a prior post . The new law now provides…