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Posted on Jan 31, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Race / Color, Religious, Sexual Orientation by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The Supreme Court is in the middle of another term that could reshape the law when it comes to big issues like affirmative action, gay rights, and voting rights. Conservatives have a 6-3 supermajority on …
Posted on Jan 30, 2023 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last week the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a rule banning companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete agreements. Currently, there are about 30 million workers (roughly 18% of the U.S. workforce) who are …
Posted on Jan 27, 2023 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Now trending on Google, “Quiet Quitting.” Quiet Quitting is the latest craze to burst into your workplace. You might not yet know it by name, but you will surely recognize it. Unlike the “Great Resignation” …
Posted on Jan 27, 2023 on Discrimination and Harassment, Employment, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Today, Connecticut opened its first recreational marijuana retail shops and simultaneously began the process of expunging the records of approximately 44,000 individuals who have cannabis-related misdemeanors under the state’s ‘Clean Slate’ law. The full implementation …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
A former employee and transgender woman who was fired from New York City’s Salt Bae restaurant claims her employer did nothing while she was repeatedly misgendered and harassed by coworkers and management. The harassment continued …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In its third major ruling of the week, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), divided 3-2 along party lines, limited the power of property owners to restrict union activity by their employees on company …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In what stands as a return to the Obama-era “Micro-Union” standard, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) replaced the current standard of determining the composition of bargaining units to a much more union friendly …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) expanded the remedies available for unfair labor practices (“ULP’s”) to include compensation for “all direct or foreseeable” harm a worker incurs from an employer’s violation. This is a …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In recent years many employers have started to use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) software to automate various aspects of the recruiting and hiring process. But beware, these tools are facing scrutiny by regulators over the possibility …
Posted on Nov 30, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this year a group of New York City sanitation workers filed in New York’s Richmond County Supreme Court a complaint alleging they were fired for refusing to get vaccinated and that the City’s vaccine …