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Posted on Jan 27, 2023 on Discrimination and Harassment, Employment, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Today, Connecticut opened its first recreational marijuana retail shops and simultaneously began the process of expunging the records of approximately 44,000 individuals who have cannabis-related misdemeanors under the state’s ‘Clean Slate’ law. The full implementation …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
A former employee and transgender woman who was fired from New York City’s Salt Bae restaurant claims her employer did nothing while she was repeatedly misgendered and harassed by coworkers and management. The harassment continued …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In its third major ruling of the week, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), divided 3-2 along party lines, limited the power of property owners to restrict union activity by their employees on company …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In what stands as a return to the Obama-era “Micro-Union” standard, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) replaced the current standard of determining the composition of bargaining units to a much more union friendly …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) expanded the remedies available for unfair labor practices (“ULP’s”) to include compensation for “all direct or foreseeable” harm a worker incurs from an employer’s violation. This is a …
Posted on Dec 22, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In recent years many employers have started to use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) software to automate various aspects of the recruiting and hiring process. But beware, these tools are facing scrutiny by regulators over the possibility …
Posted on Nov 30, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this year a group of New York City sanitation workers filed in New York’s Richmond County Supreme Court a complaint alleging they were fired for refusing to get vaccinated and that the City’s vaccine …
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 30, 2022 on Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Mark J. Taglia and Robert G. Brody
For the fourth time in the past six months prosecutors with the NLRB have sought a 10(j) injunction against Starbucks (click here to read prior Brody and Associates article). Using a 10(j) injunction request, the …
Posted on Nov 15, 2022 on Employment, Union Issues, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a surprising setback to the unionizing trend sweeping the country, workers at a Philadelphia-area Home Depot soundly rejected the Home Depot Workers United union by a vote of 165-51. This first ever store-wide union …