On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council enacted Intro. 209-A, a bill designed to prohibit height and weight discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). New York City Mayor Eric Adams has since...
Employment Law Letter
The COVID-19 national emergency, which was originally put in place on March 13, 2020, ended on May 11, 2023. After it was declared by then-President Donald Trump, many federal agencies made changes to the procedures...
Employers, especially those with a workforce spanning multiple states, should take note of a recent decision from the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to employers in New Hampshire, Maine...
The 94th Arkansas General Assembly adjourned on April 7. Any bills that weren’t passed and sent to the governor for signature therefore won’t be enacted into law. HB 1006: Mandating paid maternity leave in certain...
Imagine an employee in a workplace meeting stands up and—in a profanity-laced tirade—calls the manager several names not fit for print. Most employers would immediately discipline, if not fire, the employee for violating...
Federal law requires employers to perform in-person inspections of new employees and their documents, as well as current employees with expiring Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to verify that they’re authorized...
Colorado’s 74th General Assembly convened the First Regular Session on January 9, 2023. As expected, there’s continued focus on labor and employment, with some particularly surprising proposals (not all of which have...
The European Union (EU) General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016 and effective in 2018, was one of the first major pieces of data privacy legislation, and in many ways, it has set the standard for other...
Effective August 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer require COVID-19 vaccination for staff of most healthcare entities. On June 5, CMS published a final rule entitled “Policy and...
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to employers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia, as well as Maryland and Virginia) ruled a state university’s decision to dismiss a Swiss...
With politics and economics seemingly working against employer efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workforce, many DEI proponents are worried about the future. And a recent report from a...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruiting and hiring process has seen increased popularity in recent years. Many businesses, seeking to lower hiring costs and reduce potential discrimination claims, have...
On May 26, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the lower court's decision to dismiss an age discrimination claim against a railroad, finding no evidence that age played any role in its decision to terminate...
On May 17, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed summary judgment (dismissal of charges without a trial) in favor of an employer on a complaint filed by a former employee alleging gender and pregnancy...
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2023 legislative session ended this spring, and while the session didn’t produce a lot of new employment legislation, there were a number of developments that will have a significant...