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Posted on Jan 22, 2024 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Labor Management Issues, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
On November 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York signed into law the “Freelance Isn’t Free Act,” aimed at safeguarding the rights of freelance workers. This bill closely aligns with the existing law of …
Posted on Jun 15, 2023 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Musings from an HR Attorney, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Are you using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to support HR-related activities? If so, have you asked your AI vendor how they protect against bias? If not, you should. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), in a …
Posted on Jun 14, 2023 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Family and Medical Leave Act, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Earlier this month, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law bills that provide Minnesotan employees with paid family leave and paid sick leave. The programs will be funded through employer and employee contributions. Employers with …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
We previously reported on how the NLRB’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memo urging the Board to prohibit captive audience meetings. These are mandatory meetings employers hold to express their opinion that unions are …
Posted on Mar 15, 2023 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, News, NLRB by Brody and Associates, Luis A. Torres and Robert G. Brody
In February, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) took aim at severance agreements, ruling that traditional confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses violate employees’ Section 7 rights. This is a departure from past NLRB rulings, …
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 Sep 8, 2022 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Labor Management Issues, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In the past few weeks several Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, Ford Motor, Walmart and Wayfair have announced planned layoffs, with numerous other major corporations implying the same could be necessary in the near …
Posted on Mar 31, 2022 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
A recent government report details how anti-competitive provisions by employers have decreased/suppressed wages by 20% or more for some workers (click here to read the full Report). The Report, which was a joint study by the …
Posted on Feb 28, 2022 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
February 25, 2022 Restrictive covenants are the rules that limit a former employee’s ability to take a job with a competing business. Today, 30 states and the District of Columbia have laws limiting the use …