by Kyle Barton | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog Posts, Discrimination, Employment Law, Homecare, New York City Law
As of May 4, 2016, it will be unlawful for any employer in New York City to discriminate on the basis of “caregiver status.” The new law, signed by the mayor earlier this month, is an expansion of New York State’s protection of “familial status,” which took effect on...
by Jules Halpern | Jan 20, 2016 | Background Checks, Discrimination, Hiring, New Jersey Law
New Jersey’s “ban-the-box” law, entitled The Opportunity to Compete Act (OTCA), went into effect on March 1, 2015, with the intention of protecting job applicants with criminal records from discrimination. The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development...
by Kyle Barton | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog Posts, Independent Contractor, Labor Law, NLRA
The City Council of Seattle, Washington has unanimously voted in favor of a new ordinance that allows drivers under contract, through Uber or Lyft, to organize. These workers were not protected by federal law, as the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) explicitly...
by Kyle Barton | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog Posts, Technology, Workplace Insights
The last decade has seen vast improvements in the speed and convenience of sending and receiving messages. E-mail messages no longer have to be sent from the office, as most people have access to their accounts from their laptops or from the mobile devices in their...
by Kyle Barton | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog Posts, Employee Relations, Technology, Wellness Programs, Workplace Insights
It is possible the United States may soon see a day where American employers must pay their employees for the time put into responding to late-night e-mails. The Department of Labor in August proposed a “request for information” to study the use of electronics by...
