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Posted on Sep 16, 2022 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
The hotly debated and highly contentious AB 257, The Fast Food Workers Act, which creates a Fast Food Sector Council in California, was signed into law this past Monday, Labor Day. The bill was strongly …
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 Aug 8, 2022 on Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced it had reached a nearly $85 million settlement with Cargill Inc. and several other poultry producers for an alleged wage-fixing scheme designed to keep …
Posted on Jul 27, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
A recent study conducted by multinational consulting firm, Willis Towers Watson (“WTW”), shows employers are preparing for large raises in 2023, to go on top of the massive 4.1% average increases they doled out this …
Posted on Jul 14, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this month, Illinois signed into law the Family Bereavement Leave Act (the “FBLA”). The FBLA expands upon the state’s unpaid leave for workers following the death of a child to now cover other family …
Posted on Jul 14, 2022 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (“Bremerton”), the United States Supreme Court flexed its conservative muscles to alter the landscape of First Amendment jurisprudence. In Bremerton, a high school football coach was fired from Bremerton …
Posted on Jul 11, 2022 on Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News, Race / Color by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
In a recent case, Woods v. Cantrell, the Fifth Circuit departed from its previous stance that a single instance of epithets cannot support Title VII claims. In Woods, an employee filed a hostile work environment …
Posted on Jun 28, 2022 on Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed the first state bill to raise a State’s minimum wage to $18.00 an hour. The new bill has a six-year phase-in period. The current minimum wage is $10.10. It will …
Posted on Jun 23, 2022 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a major win for labor, employees at the Towson, Maryland Apple store voted Saturday to unionize. The 65-33 outcome stands as a landslide win for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union …
Posted on Jun 23, 2022 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Minimum wage workers in Connecticut now will earn $14 an hour as of July 1st. Are you in compliance? Employers should alert their payroll company of this rate increase as the payroll company may not …