Employee Relations Archives - Jules Halpern Associates LLC

November 21st, 2019 | By Jules Halpern Associates | #MeToo, Employee Relations, Employer Policies, Gender/ Sex, Human Resources, Management, Workplace Romance

With the recent news of the firing of McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook for a consensual relationship with a subordinate, workplace…

July 31st, 2019 | By Jules Halpern Associates | Discrimination, Employee Classification, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Temp Workers

With the historic rise of temp workers in the workplace, some ambiguity has existed as to whether an employer can…

May 31st, 2019 | By Jules Halpern Associates | Employee Relations, Employment Trends, Human Resources, Management, Technology, Workplace Culture

While technology has rapidly improved many areas of life, it has also led to a handful of preventable drawbacks in…

November 16th, 2018 | By Jules Halpern Associates | Accommodation Law, Disability, Employee Relations, Human Resources, New York City Law, Pregnancy, Religion

On October 15, 2018, an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”), which requires all New York…

September 26th, 2018 | By Jules Halpern Associates | ADA, Disability, Employee Benefits, Employee Relations, Employment Trends, Millennials, Workplace Culture

Dogs are known as man’s best friend. But for most of American history, dogs have been shunned from the workplace….

July 30th, 2018 | By Jules Halpern Associates | Employee Relations, Employment Law, ESSTA, New York City Law, New York Law

Effective July 18, 2018, New York City (“NYC”) law requires employers to grant employees two temporary schedule changes per year, of…

Millennials currently make up the largest generational segment of the U.S. workforce. With millennials becoming more and more prevalent in…

In January 2018, the United States Department of Labor (“USDOL”) relaxed the standard governing unpaid internships and published updated guidelines…

On average, 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day and by 2020 millennials (ages 18-34) are expected to make up…

Typically, when people hear the term “bullying,” they correlate the word with middle school and high school students. However, bullying…