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Megan J. Muoio, April 23, 2014. On June 11, 2013, Judge William H. Pauley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision in...
Diana Uhimov, April 17, 2014. Employee misclassification occurs when employers treat workers who should be considered employees as independent contractors or simply do not report them and pay them “off the...
Nicholas Fortuna, March 19, 2014. The Occupational, Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is charged with issuing standards to protect workers’ safety on the job. Employers are required to know and follow...
Diana Uhimov, March 11, 2014. Early this month, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) protects employees of private contractors conducting...
Paula Lopez, March 6, 2014. On February 26, 2014, in an effort spearheaded by Mayor Bill DiBlasio, the New York City Council passed significant amendments to the Earned Sick Time Act...
Megan J. Muoio, February 26, 2014. On February 21, 2014, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board regarding the...
Nicholas Fortuna, February 21, 2014. The National Labor Relations Board, which is charged with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act, has recently been moving aggressively to regulate both union and non-union...
Paula Lopez, February 5, 2014. Employers in New York City and New Jersey are now required to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees. While State and Federal laws prohibit employers from...
Nicholas Fortuna, January 22, 2014. Arbitration Favored Over Class/Collective Action Mandatory arbitration agreements in the employment setting gathered steam this year. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in American Express Co. v....