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…

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022-2023 term has ended and the dust has (somewhat) settled, employers are no doubt assessing the impact the Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174 (June 29, 2023) will have on employees’ religious accommodation requests. The Court did not change the standard by which to assess accommodation…

New York City is on the verge of enacting a series of food delivery worker protection laws that are designed to provide improved working conditions for food delivery workers. Given that food delivery is such an integral part of City life, it is not surprising that these measures were put forward. The bills are expected…

Join us for Part II of our Traditional Labor webinar series, which will discuss potential changes to employee and employer rights under the National Labor Relations Act under the Biden administration. Part II of this series will include a lively discussion about hot topics in the labor world in an engaging moderated Q&A format.

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The title should not be read to suggest some tectonic shift in the moods and values of the California Legislature or the Governor; far from it.  However, every once in a while something a bit useful does emerge. This time it is some certainty in executive level employment contracts. 

AB 1241 adds yet another section …