Labor Days
Former NLRB Member Reemphasizes Confusion Created by Browning-Ferris Decision
Successful businesses expand. Sometimes they even franchise themselves, offering opportunities for other small businesses to take root. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision has expanded liability for…
Snowden Aftershocks: High Court Invalidates U.S. - EU Safe Harbor
To our readers: I wanted to share this insightful post from my partner and Privacy expert Alysa Hutnik concerning the recent decision by the European Court of Justice in the Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection…
UPS Settlement Signals That Pregnant Workers Are Expecting Job Accommodations
Last week, UPS settled its long-running case with Peggy Young, the employee whose case went up to the Supreme Court after she was denied light duty. As many will recall from an earlier blog post, the high court found…
The Duty of Loyalty Lives on in New Jersey
In an interesting decision affirming the ‘old-but-not-forgotten’ principle that an employee owes his first duty of loyalty to her employer, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently affirmed a decision allowing an employer…
The City Commission Clarifies the “Fair Chance Act”
As previously reported, among the legislation passed this year under Mayor DeBlasio, New York City passed the “Fair Chance Act” (“FCA”), which severely restricts an employer’s ability to conduct criminal background…