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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 …
Posted on May 24, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
And just like that, an employer’s ability to pre-screen job applicants for marijuana use goes up in smoke. On April 9, New York City Council voted 40-4 to pass a bill which will prohibit employers …
Posted on May 22, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Published Articles by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Originally published in the Rockland County Business Journal, April 2019. As we all know, Rockland County is in the throes of a measles outbreak. The legal question we’re contemplating is “What should an employer do? …
Posted on May 3, 2019 on Disability, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Did you know an employer can be liable for an FMLA claim even when the employee is not actually eligible for FMLA? Below is how as a Wisconsin employer found this out, the hard way. …
Posted on Apr 25, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
For years, we have seen a wave of Americans with Disabilities Act Title III public accommodation cases. The first wave involved places of public accommodation being sued for failure to have structural accessibility such as …
Posted on Mar 27, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Privacy Rights, Tips of the Month by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Service animals are becoming more prevalent and we are finding few employers have contemplated how to work with this new reality. The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and many State laws, including Connecticut’s and New …
Posted on Mar 27, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Retaliation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Understandably, many employers often maintain full-time attendance is an essential function of the job. In some ways this thinking makes sense – if employees are not present at work how can they do their job? …
Posted on Dec 13, 2018 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
A federal jury recently found the former Superintendent of the East Greenbush Central School District did not meet her burden of proving she was fired because of her pregnancy and gender. As a result of …
Posted on Dec 13, 2018 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Tips of the Month, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
2018 brought more compliance challenges and administrative burdens to employers in New York State and New York City. Below is a quick recap of a few of these laws to ensure you are in compliance …