Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•A federal district court in New York has dismissed employment discrimination claims brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and...more
1/9/2024
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Emotional Distress Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title I ,
Tortious Interference ,
Trademarks ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
Here is what we cover in this issue of Employment Law Reporter Autumn 2023:
• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...more
10/2/2023
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Breach of Duty ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Defamation ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
IRS ,
Motion to Compel ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
NYCHRL ,
NYSHRL ,
Separation Agreement ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Termination ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•A New York trial court has ruled that the purchaser of a medical practice could not enforce a noncompete provision contained in the purchase agreement...more
7/6/2023
/ Age Discrimination ,
Breach of Contract ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Confidential Information ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•A federal court in New York has ruled that all five causes of action in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee of the New York...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed claims under Title I, Title II, and Title III of the Americans with...more
1/12/2023
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Job Promotions ,
Race Discrimination ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retaliation ,
Title I ,
Title II ,
Title III
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 affords a faculty member a private right of...more
9/29/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Competition ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Private Right of Action ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Termination ,
Title IX ,
Volunteers
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued an important decision in a case that presented the question of what a plaintiff asserting...more
6/22/2022
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Confidential Information ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hostile Environment ,
Joint Employers ,
NY Supreme Court ,
NYSHRL ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
Here is what we cover in this issue of Employment Law Reporter Spring 2022:
•The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has granted the defendant’s motion in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought...more
4/7/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Breach of Contract ,
Confidential Information ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYSHRL ,
Protected Activity ,
PTSD ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retaliation ,
Veterans
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision dismissing employment discrimination claims brought by a...more
1/11/2022
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
After-Hours Work ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Covered Claims ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
NLRA ,
On-Call Employees ,
Race Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Retaliation ,
Termination ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
On December 15, New York City issued clarifications to it prior vaccine mandate and those clarifications can be found here: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccine-workplace-requirement.page.
As we advised in...more
12/21/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
New York ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
The New York City Council just passed a new COVID vaccination bill requiring paid leave for parents per child per injection. Additionally, businesses and employees in New York City are subject to new vaccine mandates...more
In October 2021, New York Governor Hochul signed into law four new pieces of legislation affecting employees and employers in New York State.
First, on October 28, 2021, New York Governor Hochul signed into law new...more
11/18/2021
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Coercion ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Foreign Workers ,
Layoffs ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
State Labor Laws ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•A federal court in New York has dismissed a complaint filed by a former employee of the New York City Department of Education alleging employment...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a district court’s decision to dismiss a plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•A federal court in New York has dismissed an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee of the City University of New York....more
4/28/2021
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Counterclaims ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hostile Environment ,
Human Rights Act ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
OWBPA ,
Protected Class ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Written Agreements
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:
•The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of an employment discrimination lawsuit.
•A mediation agreement that...more
2/5/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appellate Courts ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Mediation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title IX
Federal Court Rejects New York City Police Officer’s Employment Discrimination Action
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment to the defendants in an employment...more
10/6/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governmental Immunity ,
Hostile Environment ,
Injunctions ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
New York ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Police ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Unions
Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of The Employment Law Reporter. This inaugural issue of this quarterly newsletter first reviews the landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion in which the Court ruled that an employer that fires an...more
7/9/2020
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Dollar Tree ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Hostile Environment ,
LGBTQ ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, June 15, 2020, that the ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexual and transgender workers. In a 6 to 3 decision with Justice Neil M....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 ,
Homosexuality ,
LGBTQ ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its guidance on workplace laws during the COVID-19 outbreak. The guidance, updated on April 17, 2020, assists employers with navigating pandemic-related...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will take effect on April 1, 2020, and will require all private employers with 499 or fewer employees to provide paid sick leave and emergency family leave to qualified...more
As we have previously reported, on March 18, 2020 President Donald J. Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA provides for two leave requirements arising in different portions of the Act...more
Governor Cuomo announced on March 20, 2020, that he will be expanding Executive Order 206.7 and directing all non-essential businesses and keep all in-office staff home. This announcement comes one day after Governor Cuomo...more
In response to the growing concerns over the coronavirus, (COVID-19) Governor Cuomo issued a temporary mandatory work-force reduction plan (Executive Order) and signed a COVID-19 relief bill (COVID-19 Bill)....more
3/22/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability Benefits ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Paid Leave ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State of Emergency ,
Unemployment Insurance
President Trump on March 18, 2020, signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (COVID-19 Bill) to provide emergency relief to businesses and employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Bill will...more
3/19/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
New Legislation ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Unemployment Insurance