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Posted on Oct 10, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Retaliation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Obesity alone is not a disability under the Americans with Disability Act (“ADA”) or so holds the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Seventh Circuit is the federal appeals court for Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. …
Posted on Sep 5, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Sex, Tips of the Month by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
$5 Million dollars. That’s the price tag JP Morgan Chase Bank is paying out to 5,000 men. In each case, the men were given two weeks of parental leave to in lieu of the 16 …
Posted on Aug 19, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
A former employee of the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) recently filed a discrimination suit alleging the bar association harassed and discriminated against her due to pregnancies. While the case is just beginning, it …
Posted on Aug 19, 2019 on Disability, Family and Medical Leave Act by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
Back in May, the Governor of Maine Governor signed “An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave” which requires employers to provide paid leave to employees. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2021. This …
Posted on Aug 13, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
A win for the good guys (sort of)! The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the federal appellate court for Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky, recently held an employee who claims 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 Jul 16, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Pregnancy discrimination often makes headlines as Nike found out on Mother’s Day. Alysia Montańo, an Olympian and professional runner, authored an opinion piece in the New York Times slamming Nike for pregnancy discrimination. Specifically, she …
Posted on Jul 1, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
At the end of April, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights (CHRO), the Connecticut state agency tasked with enforcing the anti-employment discrimination laws, released new guidance for employers on pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions at …
Posted on May 29, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Published Articles, Religious by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Originally published in the Rockland County Business Journal, May 2019. As an employer, you feel responsible to prevent the spread of measles in the workplace. But the last thing you want is legal backlash. Here’s …
Posted on May 29, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Published Articles by Brody, Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Originally published in the Rockland County Business Journal, May 2019. As of April 22, 2019, 83% of Rockland’s confirmed reported measles cases were found in children under the age of 18. If you learn that …