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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 Jun 14, 2023 on Employment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Family and Medical Leave Act, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
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 …
Posted on May 18, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
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 …
Posted on May 18, 2023 on Employment by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
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 …
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 Apr 14, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attacking no-poach hiring agreements, a trend that could have a lasting impact on how companies solicit/secure employees. This trend started in 2016, when they issued guidelines on how to avoid antitrust …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Employment, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Late last week, Michigan’s Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, made history when she signed legislation repealing Michigan’s right-to-work law for private-sector employees. The legislation moved swiftly through both Michigan’s Democrat-controlled House of Representatives and Senate and was …
Posted on Apr 14, 2023 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Employment by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), filed a disability bias lawsuit against Papa John’s International Inc. (“Papa John’s”) for firing a blind worker who needed the use of a guide dog to …
Posted on Mar 23, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On Monday, a California appellate panel upheld the California voter-approved Proposition 22, which permitted gig companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, to classify their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. The decision largely reverses …
Posted on Feb 21, 2023 on Employment, Legal Updates, Wage and Hour by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this week, a California federal judge blessed a $53.5 million settlement between United Airlines and a group of California based flight attendants. The settlement is the result of a 2014 class action brought by …