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Posted on Mar 23, 2023 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation which would require hundreds of thousands of federal employees to return to their offices. This bill would essentially roll back the clock to pre-2019 COVID policies and end …
Posted on Mar 23, 2023 on Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On Thursday, March 9th, President Biden submitted his proposed fiscal year 2024 budget request to Congress. In it he seeks a $1.5 billion increase to the U.S. Department of Labor Budget. Most of this increase …
Posted on Mar 23, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On Monday, a California appellate panel upheld the California voter-approved Proposition 22, which permitted gig companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, to classify their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. The decision largely reverses …
Posted on Mar 2, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation which would require hundreds of thousands of federal employees to return to their offices. This bill would essentially roll back the clock to pre-2019 COVID policies and end …
Posted on Feb 21, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this week, a California federal judge blessed a $53.5 million settlement between United Airlines and a group of California based flight attendants. The settlement is the result of a 2014 class action brought by …
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 …