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Posted on Dec 23, 2021 on Featured, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 15, 2021 Like it or not, last week was an historic week in Buffalo, New York, and across America. Workers United, the union, was able to garner a union victory at one of the …
Posted on Dec 23, 2021 on Covid-19, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 2, 2021 On March 12, 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law granting employees paid leave time to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Last week, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) updated its …
Posted on Dec 7, 2021 on Covid-19, Featured, Legal Updates, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 7, 2021 New York City will become the first U.S. city to implement a vaccine mandate on all private-sector businesses beginning December 27, 2021. Yesterday, the Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office characterized this unprecedented …
Posted on Nov 18, 2021 on Featured, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Wendy C. Weng
November 16, 2021 New York state’s Secure Choice Savings Program (the Program), took effect on October 21, 2021, after Governor Kathy Hochul signed it. The bill requires in-state private companies and not-for-profit organizations with 10 …
Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Legal Updates, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
November 7, 2021 The current version of the $1.9 trillion Build Back Better (the “BBB”) spending package being proposed by the White House and Washington Democrats has many landmines for employers including first ever monetary …
Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Featured, Legal Updates, News, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
November 5, 2021 Last week three Buffalo area Starbucks were ordered by the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) to hold union elections. In its decision the NLRB ruled that each store is to vote …
Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
November 5, 2021 Connecticut’s newly amended Family and Medical Leave Act (the “CTFMLA” or the “Act”) takes effect on January 1, 2022. The big change is the leave will only provide 12 weeks off in a …
Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News by Bruce E. Buchanan
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), through the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have reached separate settlement agreements with Facebook regarding its use of …
Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
November 8, 2021 Recently, with each new Presidential administration, changes are made to how the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) views the way employers are required to pay tipped workers. As you might suspect, …
Posted on Nov 8, 2021 on Covid-19, Featured, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Wendy C. Weng
November 8, 2021 Last Friday, we sent out an alert that the Biden Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on the vaccine mandate was issued, and large employers would have until Jan 4, 2022, to fully …