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Posted on May 18, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Earlier this year, New Jersey passed a groundbreaking law regulating temporary help service firms. The new law justifies the regulations because “full-time temporary help service firm workers earn 41 percent less than workers in traditional …
Posted on May 18, 2023 on Employment by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Don’t be surprised if no one is answering the phones at Brody and Associates on June 19th. The number of private employers offering Juneteenth as a paid holiday continues to grow and has jumped significantly over …
Posted on May 18, 2023 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
By Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia April 24, 2023 Last week, the NLRB’s decision in Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC (“Noah”) held that repeat offenders of the NLRA could be subject to extraordinary remedies. The …
Posted on May 11, 2023 on Discrimination and Harassment, Employment, Legislative Updates, News, Religious by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Later today, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear opening remarks in a former postal worker’s claim of religious discrimination against the U.S. Postal Service (the “USPS”) after he was repeatedly disciplined for …
Posted on May 2, 2023 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
We previously reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule that would effectively ban most noncompete agreements in the workplace. However, the FTC’s proposed rule has one major exception: Franchisees. The proposed rule states …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
We previously reported on how the NLRB’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memo urging the Board to prohibit captive audience meetings. These are mandatory meetings employers hold to express their opinion that unions are …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attacking no-poach hiring agreements, a trend that could have a lasting impact on how companies solicit/secure employees. This trend started in 2016, when they issued guidelines on how to avoid antitrust …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Late last week, Michigan’s Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, made history when she signed legislation repealing Michigan’s right-to-work law for private-sector employees. The legislation moved swiftly through both Michigan’s Democrat-controlled House of Representatives and Senate and was …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Employment by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), filed a disability bias lawsuit against Papa John’s International Inc. (“Papa John’s”) for firing a blind worker who needed the use of a guide dog to …
Posted on Apr 6, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month, California legislators introduced the Fast-Food Franchisor Responsibility Act (“AB 1228”). It’s core creates joint liability between franchisees and franchisors and was part of the original Fast Food Recovery Act (“AB 257”). These joint …