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Posted on Sep 15, 2023 on Employment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
In August 2023, Colorado expanded employees’ rights under Colorado’s paid sick leave law. The new amendments to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act (“HFWA”), which originally passed in 2022, allows employees additional uses of …
Posted on Aug 24, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Published Articles by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Published in the Rockland County Business Journal on July 27, 2023 Last month, New York State’s Assembly joined the State’s Senate in passing legislation that would institute a total ban on non-compete agreements in New York. …
Posted on Aug 22, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
As of June 21, 2023, New York implemented new amendments to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. Many states have WARN Acts, which mandate certain notices (and, sometimes, compensation) when …
Posted on Aug 7, 2023 on Employment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a new law that expands the circumstances in which workers can use state-mandated paid sick leave, effective October 1, 2023. The Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law, originally passed in 2012, …
Posted on Jul 20, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month, New York State’s Assembly joined the State’s Senate in passing legislation that would institute a total ban on non-compete agreements in New York. The bill now moves to the Governor’s desk for execution. What’s …
Posted on Jul 18, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The New York legislature passed Assembly Bill 1029C (“the Clean Slate Act”) this week, sending yet another bill impacting employers to New York Governor Holcolmb’s desk (currently legislation banning all non-competes in New York is …
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 May 11, 2023 on Discrimination and Harassment, Employment, Legislative Updates, News, Religious by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Later today, the United States Supreme Court is set to hear opening remarks in a former postal worker’s claim of religious discrimination against the U.S. Postal Service (the “USPS”) after he was repeatedly disciplined for …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attacking no-poach hiring agreements, a trend that could have a lasting impact on how companies solicit/secure employees. This trend started in 2016, when they issued guidelines on how to avoid antitrust …