Effective January 1, 2022, Phila. Code § 9-5500 now prohibits Philadelphia employers from requiring job applicants to submit to pre-employment drug tests for marijuana use. Specifically, the ordinance makes it an unlawful...more
1/5/2022
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Marijuana ,
New Regulations
Over the past few years, states across the country have sought to limit or reduce the use of employee non-compete agreements. While some states have imposed outright bans on such agreements, many more have passed laws that...more
11/19/2021
/ Competition ,
Confidential Information ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Regulations ,
Low-Wage Workers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Gorsuch on June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held that Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of…sex” includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation...more
6/16/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Steven Hurd and partner Adam Lupion discuss developments from some of the key cases in labor and employment law in 2018. We will discuss notable cases from the United States...more
1/25/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
First Amendment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Janus v AFSCME ,
Joint Employers ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd v Colorado Civil Rights Commission ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Paid Leave ,
Public Employees ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Dues
On April 26, 2013, the Second Circuit held that New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") claims must be analyzed separately from federal and state discrimination claims and that the severe or pervasive standard of liability...more
On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its highly-anticipated decision enforcing an arbitration clause and holding that a Title VII plaintiff does not have a substantive right to proceed on a class-wide basis in...more