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Posted on Sep 18, 2023 on Employment, Uncategorized by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Effective January 1, 2025, Illinois employers with 15 or more workers must include pay and benefits information in job postings. The disclosures apply to positions that are “physically performed, at least in part, in Illinois” or “will be …
Posted on Sep 15, 2023 on Employment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
In August 2023, Colorado expanded employees’ rights under Colorado’s paid sick leave law. The new amendments to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act (“HFWA”), which originally passed in 2022, allows employees additional uses of …
Posted on Sep 13, 2023 on Employment, Labor Management Issues, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) nearly unanimously authorized a strike against Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis. The vote received a 97% approval from over 150,000 union members. One of the most …
Posted on Aug 24, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Published Articles by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Published in the Rockland County Business Journal on July 27, 2023 Last month, New York State’s Assembly joined the State’s Senate in passing legislation that would institute a total ban on non-compete agreements in New York. …
Posted on Aug 7, 2023 on Employment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a new law that expands the circumstances in which workers can use state-mandated paid sick leave, effective October 1, 2023. The Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law, originally passed in 2012, …
Posted on Aug 7, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced a plan allowing employers to complete the I-9 Form without actually inspecting the Form I-9 supporting documentation (license, birth certificate, passport, …
Posted on Jul 20, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month, New York State’s Assembly joined the State’s Senate in passing legislation that would institute a total ban on non-compete agreements in New York. The bill now moves to the Governor’s desk for execution. What’s …
Posted on Jul 19, 2023 on Age, Employment, Labor Management Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this year, several Quick Serve Restaurant (“QSR”) franchises were found to have violated wage and hour laws by illegally employing minors. The total penalty imposed was $212,754. Perhaps more important was the reputational damage …
Posted on Jul 18, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The New York legislature passed Assembly Bill 1029C (“the Clean Slate Act”) this week, sending yet another bill impacting employers to New York Governor Holcolmb’s desk (currently legislation banning all non-competes in New York is …
Posted on Jul 12, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
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 …