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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 …
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
August 1, 2021 – Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation which expands the city’s 2017 Fair Work Week Law (the “Act”) as it relates to fast food employees. De …
Posted on May 11, 2020 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Featured, Legal Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
May, 10, 2020 Earlier this week, the SBA answered the question: will a borrower’s PPP loan forgiveness be reduced if a laid off employee declines an offer of reinstatement? The answer is No! The …
Posted on Apr 27, 2020 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, Published Articles by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
Part Four in a Five Part Series originally posted in the Rockland County Business Journal on December 4, 2019 Most employers (hopefully) know that New York requires employers to give meal periods to employees working …