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Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
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California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
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(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
New Executive Order Targets Disparate Impact Claims Nationwide - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
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A Retaliation Refresher: What's the Tea in L&E?
California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
AI in Employment: Navigating the Legal Landscape with Lessons from I, Robot — The Good Bot Podcast
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update
New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more
Although not prohibited by federal law, employment discrimination based on marital status is illegal in several states. However, the exact contours of “marital status” discrimination have been somewhat unclear, leading to a...more
On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a permanent injunction that barred the enforcement of a requirement under the New York Labor Law Section 203-e (the "Act") that New York State...more
On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit clarified and potentially broadened the scope of an employer’s responsibility to offer reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act...more
In the first part of 2025, New York joined other states, such as Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Texas, seeking to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) at the state level. Specifically, on 8 January 2025, bills...more
The Second Circuit's decision in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District is a significant ruling that clarifies the standard for reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This...more
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take note of a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee may still be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act...more
New York State’s Reproductive Health Bias Law (the “Act”) has been reinstated following a Second Circuit ruling. The Act, found in Section 203-e of New York State’s Labor Law, prohibits discrimination based on an employee’s...more
Under current law, New York employers are statutorily required to provide a 21-day review and seven-day revocation periods in employment separation agreements in two scenarios: (1) if the employee is 40 or older and the...more
On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Fashion Workers Act (the "Act") into law, which provides greater protections for fashion workers and will take effect on June 19, 2025. The Act also imposes...more
On January 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated the New York Reproductive Health Bias Law’s requirement that New York State employers include a notice in their employee handbooks regarding the...more
On Jan. 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in CompassCare v. Hochul vacated a lower court’s injunction that had forestalled implementation of a requirement under New York’s reproductive health bias law,...more
On May 11, 2024, a new law went into effect, amending New York City Administrative Code §§ 8-109 and 8-502. The law prohibits provisions in agreements that shorten the timeframe an employee has to file a claim for unlawful...more
Although 2023 perhaps did not see the passage of any laws quite as impactful as 2022—which, as employers will recall, included New York State enacting its own pay transparency law (see here) and novel New York City Council...more
New York state lawmakers passed a flurry of employment-related bills in the final weeks of the legislative session. The bills – which now head to Governor Hochul’s desk for consideration – aim to provide workers in the state...more