Employees at a call center were required to use a computer for all job tasks. At the start of each day, they frequently had to turn on computers and wait an average of seven to 12 minutes for the computers to become...
Employment Law Letter
Hybrid—that’s the key word in any discussion of the world of work’s new normal. When the pandemic forced a pivot from in-office to at-home work, some employees thrived in the safety, flexibility, and convenience of...
Nov 06, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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With the 2022 holiday season in full swing, employers and employees are gearing up for annual workplace parties. The pandemic isn’t completely in the rearview, inflation dominates the news, and layoffs loom in at least...
Nov 06, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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Lately, we have been grappling with how to recruit, retain, and keep employees engaged. We have been focusing on where work should take place—at home, at the office, or at some hybrid thereof. We also have placed renewed...
The confluence of two new laws creates a dangerous circumstance for employers. The trend toward transparent employment practices now requires many employers to create and publish wage ranges for every job. Once wage...
Workplace violence injunctions are relatively easy to obtain, as judges are motivated to err on the side of preventing jobsite violence. Does that need for expediency trump the constitutional rights of the accused...
There’s a growing tendency for workers to request mobility in the labor market. Coupled with this is a growing tendency for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees. This phenomenon...
Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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Q: We’re a privately owned company with fewer than 100 employees. Do we have to follow the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act regulations in the event we decide to conduct a temporary layoff soon...
Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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Q: An employee with an alleged history of substance abuse was found passed out in our parking lot with his car door open. The supervisor who found him made sure he was breathing and then went inside, leaving him there...
Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (whose rulings apply to all New York employers) upheld the district court’s award of over $570,000 in attorneys’ fees to a law firm that recovered only...
New York City (NYC) employers have been on edge ever since the city enacted legislation requiring a “bias audit” and disclosures if they use artificial intelligence (AI) to make certain automated employment-related...
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit (whose rulings apply to all New Jersey employers) confirmed that the ABC Test—long used by the New Jersey Department of Labor—sets forth the proper...
Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission has issued long-awaited guidance, but it’s only provisional. The commission has yet to issue standards on the required certification process for the workplace experts who...
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In pursuit of customer satisfaction, employers may be inclined to take a hands-off approach when customers or other third parties exhibit discriminatory conduct towards their employees. This can be a costly mistake...
Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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You would think drafting an arbitration agreement should be simple enough. After all, arbitrating employment discrimination claims was court-approved several decades ago. But issues still persist, as we see in this very...