On August 23, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a 3-to-1 decision that declares that graduate and undergraduate students who...
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Employer Held Liable for Facebook Firing
The NLRA protects the rights of employees to “engage in...concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or...
Employer Liability for Third Party Harassment
Employers are generally familiar with the fact that the law that protects employees from being harassed. However, workplace harassment is commonly...
Employer Notice for FMLA Leave
Under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employees are required to provide their employer with notice that they need to take a leave that may be...
Employers May Have to Accommodate Employees with Allergies
Under the law, a “disability” is not limited to physical impediments to movement, but can also include impairments to other activities. Courts have...
Employers Required to Distribute CHIP Notices
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which President Obama signed into law last February, requires...
Employers Required to Provide Leave for Blood Donators
OCTOBER 2007 New York Labor Law (Section 212-j) now requires New York employers to provide three hours leave in any twelve month period to employees...
Employment Alert: DOL Issues Model COBRA Subsidy Notices & Revised FAQs
On March 19, 2009, The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued model COBRA notices in accordance with the COBRA premium subsidy requirements of the...
Executives’ Liability for Wages and Hours Violations
SECOND CIRCUIT FINDS CEO INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE FOR WAGES AND HOURS VIOLATIONS Although it is common for owners and officers of organizations to be...
Expanded Military FMLA Leave Signed into Law
President Obama recently signed into law the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act which (among other things) expands Military FMLA leave in the...
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