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Last month, a federal jury awarded employees $22 million in back wages, the largest recorded verdict obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), after finding a Pennsylvania company failed to properly pay workers for …

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 …

Earlier this month, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law bills that provide Minnesotan employees with paid family leave and paid sick leave. The programs will be funded through employer and employee contributions. Employers with …

Last summer, employers learned a new workplace term, “Quit Quitting,” which is defined by many as doing the least amount of work possible while keeping your current job.  For some employers, the concept of Quiet …

Last week, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), Jennifer Abruzzo, filed a highly anticipated complaint against the University of Southern California (“USC”), the Pac-12 Conference (the “PAC-12”) and the National Collegiate Athletic …

Earlier this year, New Jersey passed a groundbreaking law regulating temporary help service firms. The new law justifies the regulations because “full-time temporary help service firm workers earn 41 percent less than workers in traditional …

Don’t be surprised if no one is answering the phones at Brody and Associates on June 19th.  The number of private employers offering Juneteenth as a paid holiday continues to grow and has jumped significantly over …

By Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia April 24, 2023   Last week, the NLRB’s decision in Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC  (“Noah”) held that repeat offenders of the NLRA could be subject to extraordinary remedies.  The …

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 …

We previously reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule that would effectively ban most noncompete agreements in the workplace. However, the FTC’s proposed rule has one major exception: Franchisees. The proposed rule states …