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Posted on Feb 7, 2024 on Age, Employment, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Over the past year, newspapers have been filled with headlines about a surge in child labor violations across the United States. The headlines are on to something. Overall, child labor violations have more than tripled …
Posted on Jan 25, 2024 on Age, Employment by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a recent study conducted by The Washington Post (“The Post”), it was revealed that during the first nine months of 2023, over three-quarters of all child labor violations in the United States occurred in …
Posted on Jul 19, 2023 on Age, Employment, Labor Management Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this year, several Quick Serve Restaurant (“QSR”) franchises were found to have violated wage and hour laws by illegally employing minors. The total penalty imposed was $212,754. Perhaps more important was the reputational damage …
Posted on May 21, 2020 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In January 2020, in a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, Babb v. Wilkie, Chief Justice John Roberts posed the question to plaintiff’s counsel, if asking “OK, Boomer?” just once during the hiring …
Posted on Feb 26, 2020 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody
In a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, Babb v. Wilkie, Chief Justice John Roberts asked the lawyers if asking “OK, Boomer?” just once during the hiring process amounts to age discrimination. He …
Posted on Aug 9, 2019 on Age, Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Race / Color, Religious, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
New York State continues to lead the charge in enacting expansive discrimination protections for employees. In its latest move, the State passed a law which the Governor signed extending broad anti-harassment protections to employees of …
Posted on Apr 25, 2019 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Retaliation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), does not protect disparate impact claims for job applicants. The ADEA generally provides protections from age discrimination …
Posted on May 30, 2013 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 provides a cash infusion to three federal agencies that are a thorn in the side of many employers: the Department of Labor (“DOL”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Posted on Mar 18, 2013 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
Many employers are aware that the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of age against employees age 40 or over. But can employers be sued for age discrimination by …
Posted on Jan 18, 2012 on Age, Disability, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, National Origin, News, Race / Color, Religious, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
The Obama Administration may go down in history as the Administration of Enforcement: investigations of worker misclassification and wage and hour issues are way up. Now we’re seeing it also applies to the civil rights …