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End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

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

Social media tip for employers: SHUT UP!

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/27/2025

In 2022, a company’s Chief Technical Officer started making internal complaints about alleged sex discrimination and retaliation at his place of employment and advocating for some female executives who were allegedly not...more

California Employment Laws Related to States of Emergency

BakerHostetler on 1/16/2025

Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more

Newsflash – What do the UK’s new employment laws mean for Financial Services?

King & Spalding on 10/16/2024

The UK’s new Labour government unveiled a package of new workers’ rights yesterday, with wide-ranging ramifications for employers. Whilst the most significant measures will not be implemented until 2026 at the earliest,...more

Some Employment Law and Workplace-Related Thoughts Regarding Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You

FordHarrison on 7/17/2018

A couple of weekends ago, I saw Sorry to Bother You, a film written and directed by Boots Riley. The film—Riley’s first—has received much acclaim and currently has a 95% critics’ rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes....more

Next Time You Want to Conduct FMLA Surveillance, Be Sure to Have a Good Reason Why

Franczek P.C. on 3/1/2018

Porn and the FMLA. This has all the makings of one big, fat men’s soap opera. Johnnie Walker was a longtime police officer with the Pocatello Police Department, and he was tasked with investigating Scott and several other...more

Illinois Increases Protected Leaves for Employees

Littler on 9/2/2016

Just two months after Chicago became the second city in the Midwest to require employers to provide paid sick leave, Illinois has enacted three laws that entitle employees to additional protected leaves. The Child...more

Cal. App. Court Finds in Favor of Whistleblower Who Never Complained of Unlawful Conduct by the Employer

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 10/30/2015

In Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., Case No. F069305 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.), a California Court of Appeal determined that Plaintiff Cardenas could pursue a California Labor Code Section 1102.5 retaliation claim against her...more

Be Careful What You Say During a Union Organizing Campaign

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/16/2015

At the same time that the current National Labor Relations Board is giving employees what seems like the unfettered ability to engage in disparagement, profane outbursts, and racist comments that accompany protected union or...more

Second Circuit Clarifies Pleading Standard for Title VII Claims

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 8/7/2015

A Second Circuit panel recently revived a former employee’s racial discrimination suit against New York City, reversing in part the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of her case. In Littlejohn v. City of New York,...more

Third Circuit Decision Will Make It More Difficult for Employers to Defeat FMLA Interference and Retaliation Claims

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/3/2014

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision that raises the bar for employers seeking summary judgment on claims raised under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for interference with...more

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