Law Clips
Posted: February 28, 2023
The US Department of Labor (“DOL”) is again looking to change the test used to determine whether an individual providing services to a business can be classified as an independent contractor or should instead be classified as an employee. Getting...
Posted: January 30, 2023
On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed the “Speak Out Act” which limits employers’ ability to prevent employees from speaking out about allegations of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment before such a dispute arises. The Act renders ...
Posted: December 8, 2022
New York State minimum wage rates and the weekly amount that salaried (exempt from overtime) employees need to be paid has been changing annually in December for a number of years now. This year is no exception.
Employers should continuously mon...
Posted: October 13, 2022
Throughout the United States, laws are being implemented that require employers to include pay range information in job postings (commonly known as “pay transparency” laws). Companies need to be mindful of these obligations when hiring. And b...
Posted: August 18, 2022
The Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 term, which ran from October 4, 2021 through June 30, 2022, has ended and a number of key cases may impact employers. Below is a summary of these cases and the issues clients have been asking about.
Arbitr...
Posted: March 30, 2022
Large employers and certain government contractors are used to submitting equal employment opportunity data to the EEOC, as required by the applicable federal law. The 2022 reporting cycle is about to begin, with registration anticipated to open in ...
Posted: January 14, 2022
Large Employer Vaccine Mandate Stayed
Large employers with 100 or more employees do not need to worry about complying with the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) vaccine or test mandate issued by the Occupational Heal...
Posted: December 29, 2021
As the year winds down, COVID-19 legal changes are occurring at breakneck speed, creating risk and confusion for many employers. Here are some key legal issues that employers should consider going into 2022.
- The federal governm...
Posted: December 17, 2021
New York City has sprung into action in response to the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The City recently announced a vaccine mandate for private employers and has now issued related guidance (“NYC Vaccine Mandate” or the “Mandate”).
The key thi...
Posted: December 2, 2021
As you likely know, the federal government has taken steps to impose vaccine mandates on (a) employers with over 100 employees, (b) federal contractors and (c) healthcare workers. Some private employers have also opted to impose vaccine mandates ...