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Posted on Dec 21, 2020 on Featured, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 1, 2020 The State of New York has amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “New York WARN Act”). New York’s WARN Act requires employers to give its employees and various government …
Posted on Dec 21, 2020 on Featured, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 7, 2020 In response to the surging COVID-19 numbers in Connecticut, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9N (click here to view Executive Order 9N), which increases the penalty on businesses that violate DECD Sector …
Posted on Nov 23, 2020 on Featured, Legislative Updates, Published Articles by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Originally published in The New York Law Journal on October 30, 2020 What will the employer world look like post the presidential election? This article summarizes the positions the candidates have taken on various leading …
Posted on Oct 29, 2020 on Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Late yesterday the U.S. Senate voted to consent to the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. The vote was straight down party lines and stands as the most partisan Supreme …
Posted on Sep 24, 2020 on Featured, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Uncategorized by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
September 22, 2020 The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) just proposed new regulations that, if implemented, would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors (rather than employees). Such a classification …
Posted on Sep 24, 2020 on Featured, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
September 21, 2020 After traversing a very windy road, the federal COVID-19 leave law has been determined to allow employees paid leave if their children are forced to learn remotely. Here’s the back story. As …
Posted on Sep 24, 2020 on Featured, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
September 21, 2020 Last week Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order 9B (click here to read the Executive Order), which calls for a welcome COVID-19 testing alternative to mandatory self-quarantine for those individuals coming …
Posted on Oct 25, 2019 on Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Employees in New York City may soon receive personal time in addition to safe and sick time. There is a pending bill before the New York City Council which would allow each employee (of an …
Posted on Oct 4, 2019 on Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Minimum wage workers in Connecticut now earn $11 an hour as of October 1st. Are you in compliance? Employers should make sure to alert their payroll company of this rate increase as the payroll company …
Posted on Sep 30, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legislative Updates, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
This just in: Employers in New York State can still compel arbitration of sexual harassment claims under certain circumstances. This is great news for employers. In Latif v. Morgan Stanley Co. LLC, a case out …