This post was written by Barbara E. Hoey and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. On Friday, July 27, after a 3 week trial in Manhattan , a jury awarded $1.25 million in damages to Enrichetta Ravina, a former professor at Columbia University Business School, who claimed that she was denied tenure and … Continue Reading
This post was written by Steven R. Nevolis and Mark A. Konkel and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. For decades, technological innovation has changed our world at a rapid pace. Across industries and departments, businesses have a plethora of new and exciting technology and tools they can utilize to deliver products and … Continue Reading
This post was written by Jennifer Fischer and Mark A. Konkel and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. On March 26th, the New Jersey Assembly passed legislation that requires employers in New Jersey to provide earned sick leave to their employees. The legislation was then passed by the New Jersey Senate on April … Continue Reading
This blog was written by Barbara E. Hoey and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. On April 12, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State budget bill, which makes some big changes in the obligations of New York employers relative to sexual harassment. The new law has … Continue Reading
This post was written by Mark A. Konkel and Steven R. Nevolis and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. You can count Congress among the institutions caught in the ground swell of the #MeToo movement, and they’re using the tax code to prove it. Buried in the various changes of the new tax bill, … Continue Reading
This post was written by Barbara E. Hoey, Mark A. Konkel, Steven R. Nevolis and Diana R. Hamar and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. As January draws to a close, New York employers are confronting the reality of many new laws and regulations that govern the employment relationship – from the new Paid … Continue Reading
This post was written by Barbara E. Hoey and Diana R. Hamar and was originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days Blog. Happy Halloween New York City Employers! Just in time to scare even large employers, beginning October 31, 2017, it will be against the law for employers in New York City to ask about, … Continue Reading
This post was written by Bert Theeuwes, Mark A. Konkel and Saskia Lemeire and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Day Blogs. The highest court of the European Union recently issued two judgments allowing employers to ban the visible wearing of political, philosophical or religious signs at the workplace (Judgment of the Court of Justice … Continue Reading
This post was written by Barbara E. Hoey and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Day Blogs. In the era of the ever-present cell phone, where many people seem to video and record (and then post to social media) virtually everything that goes on in their lives, employers have tried to limit such activity in … Continue Reading
This post was written by Barbara E. Hoey and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Day Blogs. Private employers in New York City will soon be prohibited from asking about, relying on, or verifying a job applicant’s salary history. On May 4, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the measure, which will go into effect on … Continue Reading
As we previously reported on this blog, Congress and the Trump administration have revived the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and set about rescinding a series of regulations promulgated during the Obama presidency. Congress’ authority to invalidate an executive agency rule is rooted in Article I of the Constitution, which vests “[a]ll legislative Powers [t]herein granted” … Continue Reading
This post was written by Mark A. Konkel and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days blog. Maybe we’ve all thought it at some point in our careers. But according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, you might actually be able to get away with saying it—that is, calling your boss a nasty … Continue Reading
Please check out our NSFW colleague, Wayne D’Angelo, who testified before two House Government Reform Subcommittees on regulatory barriers to infrastructure. https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-environmental-barriers-infrastructure-development/ … Continue Reading
On January 31, President Trump introduced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, has been widely-praised for his lucid, well-reasoned opinions on a wide range of federal law questions. Like Scalia, his … Continue Reading
During its first month in session, Congress has proposed several pieces of legislation designed to reverse the dramatic shift in power over the last 50 years from Congress to the Executive. The Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 is one remarkable example. It was introduced as a free-standing bill in 2016, but the Senate did not … Continue Reading
Kelley Drye attorneys partner Ira T. Kasdan and associate Mindy B. Pava co-authored The Hill article “Option for deregulation under the Trump administration: Agency non-enforcement.” The article notes that it remains unclear how the Trump administration plans to nullify scores of regulations promulgated and executive actions taken by the Obama administration. While the Trump administration is likely to issue an executive … Continue Reading
This post was written by David Van Pelt and originally posted on Kelley Drye’s Labor Days blog. As part of our efforts to update employers regarding the newly-enacted statutes that will affect employers in the coming year, this post addresses a bill recently signed into by California Governor Jerry Brown that prohibits employers from requiring most employees … Continue Reading
