Labor Days
The NY City Commission Speaks - Be Careful in Claiming an Exemption from the NY City "Credit Check Law"
With the New York City “ Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act ” now in effect (as of September 3, 2015), the City Commission has just released guidelines for some ambiguous points in the law. We first wrote…
Seventh Circuit Decision Drives Home Importance of Prudence in Communicating With Employees About Union Issues
In AutoNation, Inc. v. NLRB, the Seventh Circuit enforced a National Labor Relations Board decision that found a car dealership to be in violation of the National Labor Relations Act for interfering with workers’…
Eleventh Circuit Decision Weakens Injunctive Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
Last month, in Transunion Risk and Alt. Data Sols., Inc., v. MacLachlan, the Eleventh Circuit held that the district court should have considered hardship to an employee when it enforced a restrictive covenant in an…
What Companies Who Employ Independent Contractors Should Learn from Uber
In a closely-watched decision involving a challenge to the business model used by ride-hailing company Uber Technologies, Inc., a California federal judge agreed to certify a class of California drivers who claim to…
Paid Sick Leave Expands with President Obama’s Labor Day Executive Order
On Labor Day, President Obama signed an Executive Order (“Order”) forcing companies who contract with the federal government to provide paid sick leave to their employees. The Order tracks the language in many states’…