The Supreme Court of the United States’s (SCOTUS’s) unanimous decision in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (FDA v. AHM) on June 13, 2024, articulated a much more absolute view of the...more
Employers are facing new and evolving pressures as they navigate economic uncertainty. This leads to questions and concerns about managing their workforces with minimal disruption and in a way that mitigates risk from...more
6/19/2023
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Arbitration ,
Best Practices ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Leave of Absence ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Release Agreements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Separation Agreement ,
Webinars
On December 19, 2022, the New Jersey Senate passed Assembly Bill No. 4768 (A-4768), which, when effective, will implement a drastic expansion to New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (NJ WARN...more
1/12/2023
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Severance Pay ,
State Labor Laws ,
WARN Act
On November 16, 2022, New Jersey Senate Bill No. 315 (S-315) went into effect, providing new employment protections to eligible employees of certain private healthcare entities that undergo a “change in control.” The law...more
1/12/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Buyers ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
New Rules ,
Sellers
Effective November 1, 2022, New York City employers are required to comply with Local Law 59 of 2022, commonly known as the New York City Wage Transparency Law, by including compensation data in their job advertisements. The...more
10/18/2022
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Salary ,
New York ,
Pay Transparency ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
On September 20, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers will end on November 1, 2022. The vaccine mandate for public employees will remain in effect...more
In response to growing demands to overhaul the fashion industry’s labor practices, the New York State Legislature recently considered the New York Fashion Workers Act—an amendment to the state’s labor law—that would...more
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, employers across all industries have experienced various levels of labor imbalance. For many, this led to a boom in hiring. Now, employers are bracing for economic uncertainty, leading to...more
8/31/2022
/ Best Management Practices ,
Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Webinars
On August 11, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled its updated COVID-19 guidelines, revising both quarantine and isolation guidelines in the process. The updates reflect the growing number of...more
As of July 26, 2022, there are 3,591 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General has...more
7/29/2022
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Risk Management ,
Safety Precautions ,
Workplace Safety ,
World Health Organization
On July 12, 2022, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revised its guidance on compliance with disability discrimination law during the COVID-19 pandemic. While previous guidance, initially published on...more
Time for Compliance in an Altered Work Environment -
As companies continue settling into their new working environments—remote, hybrid, or fully back in the office—there remain a number of challenges that have stemmed...more
7/15/2022
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reimbursements ,
Remote Working ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Timekeeping ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
On January 15, 2022, the New York City Council enacted Local Law 32 of 2022 (Wage Transparency Law or Law) to amend the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to require that most employers include compensation data in their...more
5/9/2022
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Local Ordinance ,
New York ,
NYCHRL ,
Pay Transparency ,
Wage and Hour
On March 22, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a limited reopening of the rulemaking record for the COVID-19 emergency temporary standard for the healthcare industry, originally...more
3/24/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
OSHA ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Workplace Safety
On March 17, 2022, New York State’s Commissioner of Health ended the designation of COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease that presents a serious risk of harm to public health under the New York Health and Essential...more
Between March 9, 2022, and June 9, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will “expand its presence” in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that treat COVID-19 patients and that were previously...more
3/11/2022
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Inspections ,
OSHA ,
Patients ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Workplace Safety
On January 25, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would withdraw its controversial “vax-or-test” Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which required large employers to impose...more
On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States released two emergency opinions that change the landscape of the three federal vaccine rules. In summary:
A 5-4 Court majority let the Centers for Medicare &...more
On December 13, 2021, New York City’s Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, published an order (the Order) requiring private employers to impose COVID-19...more
12/17/2021
/ City of New York ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Employees ,
Covered Employer ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exemptions ,
Masks ,
Regulatory Mandates ,
Vaccinations
On December 6, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all New York City employers, regardless of size, will be required to impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates on all employees (subject to legally protected...more
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health” under the New York Health and Essential Rights...more
On July 6, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published its Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard (Standard), as required under the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act. Under...more
Employment law continues to evolve, and it can be a challenge amid an ever-changing landscape of local employment laws for human resources executives and employment counsel at multi-national businesses to maintain a...more
6/4/2021
/ Compensation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
EU ,
Global Workforce ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Remote Working ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Telecommuting ,
UK ,
United States ,
Wage and Hour
Starting today, May 19, 2021, New York State will adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People for most businesses and public settings. The...more
5/19/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Capacity ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Policies ,
Masks ,
New Guidance ,
New York ,
OSHA ,
Public Gatherings ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Social Distancing ,
State and Local Government ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
On May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act, which imposes stringent new workplace safety requirements for all employers in New York. The law is expected...more