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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 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 Mar 23, 2023 on Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On Thursday, March 9th, President Biden submitted his proposed fiscal year 2024 budget request to Congress. In it he seeks a $1.5 billion increase to the U.S. Department of Labor Budget. Most of this increase …
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 Mar 2, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation which would require hundreds of thousands of federal employees to return to their offices. This bill would essentially roll back the clock to pre-2019 COVID policies and end …
Posted on Jan 31, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Race / Color, Religious, Sexual Orientation by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The Supreme Court is in the middle of another term that could reshape the law when it comes to big issues like affirmative action, gay rights, and voting rights. Conservatives have a 6-3 supermajority on …
Posted on Nov 30, 2022 on Employment, News, Special Alerts, Tips of the Month, Workplace Safety by Brody and Associates, Mark J. Taglia and Robert G. Brody
If yours is like most businesses, it has been a couple of years since you have had a full-blown year-end holiday party. Many clients promise this year will be different. It is time to celebrate …
Posted on Nov 7, 2022 on Employment, Labor Management Issues, News, NLRB by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum to all field offices announcing new measures to improve the Agency’s effectiveness in securing relief under Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations …
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 …