As commercial space activity grows, courts are applying wage-and-hour, labor, and termination laws to private space employers without special exemptions.
Continue Reading Employment Law Beyond Earth: Emerging Trends in the Space Workforce
A Breath of Fresh Air for Employers Managing Extended Medical Leaves
When an employee’s on-the-job injury affects their ability to perform essential job functions, federal and state law require, among other things, that an employer engage in an “interactive process” to explore potential reasonable accommodations that would allow the employee to perform those essential job functions, absent an undue hardship. Medical leave can be an effective
2025 New Jersey Employment Law Updates
New Jersey employers should review their employee handbooks and policies and consider revisions based on changes in the law or best practices. This GT Alert summarizes some recent legal updates and changes on the horizon to help focus employers as they evaluate the compliance of their policies.
New Jersey May Soon Mandate Pay Transparency in Job Postings: Implications for Employers
New Jersey may soon join nearly a dozen states, including New York, in mandating pay transparency in job postings.
On Sept. 26, 2024, the New Jersey General Assembly passed A4151/S2310, which would require New Jersey employers with 10 or more employees over 20 calendar weeks doing business or taking applications for employment within
Greenberg Traurig Expands Labor & Employment Team in Germany
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is expanding its German Labor & Employment Practice with the addition of lawyers from boutique law firm Hyazinth. Partner Thilo Ullrich will join the firm’s Berlin office Oct. 1 together with Counsel Katharina Lorenz, and Associate Nina Schäfer.
SCOTUS Cases for Employers to Watch in the October Term 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court’s October Term 2024 begins Oct. 7, and at least two cases on the Court’s docket present potentially important implications for employers nationwide. This GT Alert provides a brief overview of the issues presented and the stakes they raise.
Sept. 5 WEBINAR | Politics and Protest: Maintaining Workplace Harmony in Turbulent Times
- Speech in the workplace v. speech outside the workplace: Can it be restricted and what is “the workplace”?
- Employer’s reactions and responses
Vermont Joins Pay Transparency Trend with New Job Posting Law
Vermont is the latest jurisdiction to enact a pay transparency law, joining other localities such as California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Minnesota, New York, and Washington state that are taking steps to address pay disparity concerns.
In New York, Paid Breaks Now Required for Employees to Express Breast Milk
- This law applies to
In New York Employer ‘Win,’ Appeals Court Holds No Private Right of Action for Pay Frequency Claims
The tide may be turning in employers’ favor in New York with respect to frequency of pay claims. Such claims have been the bane of many employers’ presence in the state since the Appellate Division, First Department’s 2019 ruling in Vega v. CM & Assoc. Constr. Mgt., LLC. In Vega, the court interpreted