News & Analysis as of July 30, 2025

Hiring & Firing › Spouses

+ Follow

Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Second Circuit Clarifies Scope of Marital Status Discrimination Under New York City Human Rights Law

Goldberg Segalla on 7/8/2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on April 8, 2025, clarified the scope of “marital status” discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). In Hunter v. Debmar-Mercury LLC, et al., the Second...more

Judge Temporarily Pauses Parole in Place Program for Undocumented Spouses and Stepchildren

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/30/2024

After the Parole in Place Program (“Keeping Families Together”) went into effect on August 19, 2024, sixteen State Attorneys General filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) et. al. The...more

New DHS Parole Policy for Long-Term Undocumented Spouses, Stepchildren

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/22/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Aug. 19, 2024, DHS posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice implementing the “Keeping Families Together” process for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens. “Keeping...more

Workplace protections for reservists’ spouses in Israel

Ius Laboris on 6/13/2024

In light of the ongoing war, a new amendment to Israeli law provides protection to the spouses of reservists. In accordance with the Veterans (Return to Work) Law, employers are already prohibited from dismissing...more

USCIS Provides Updated Work Authorization Documentation Guidance for Certain Nonimmigrant Spouses

Littler on 3/28/2022

In November 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would recognize nonimmigrant spouses of those holding E and L visas as employment authorized incident to their valid status. Qualified E and...more

State Appeals Court Expands Scope Of NYC’s Marital Status Discrimination Law

Fisher Phillips on 9/12/2018

The scope of New York City’s marital status discrimination law was just expanded by a state appeals court, meaning that employers need to be even more wary when it comes to any workplace decisions taken on the basis of who...more

Spousal Jealousy Can Lead to a Viable Claim of Unlawful Gender Discrimination

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 10/27/2017

Recent cases in New York and Pennsylvania demonstrate that, at least in some jurisdictions and under some circumstances, a plaintiff can state a valid claim for unlawful gender discrimination based on a spouse’s jealousy....more

Terminated: A Marriage’s End Should Not Lead to Employment’s End

Lewitt Hackman on 7/14/2016

Last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad (MRS) that an employer cannot terminate an employee for separating or divorcing – the processes of which apparently falls under the...more

Discrimination Based on Marital Status in Employment Law

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 2/24/2016

There are a number of special legal and social advantages offered to people who choose to enter into the institution of marriage. Similarly, a whole host of benefits are offered to domestic partners in California. These...more

That is SO last week - July 2015 #2

Zelle LLP on 7/14/2015

Last week, The New York Times’ The Upshot blog covered a topic that has been one of our top concerns for a while: how big data can discriminate. The post followed a Carnegie Mellon University study that reported, among many...more

10 Results

View per page

Page: of 1

Hiring & Firing › Spouses

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"