By Hugo Guzman | April 3, 2023
"One of the most helpful points of the general counsel's memo was the recognition that simply because there's one or maybe more unlawful provisions in a severance agreement, it doesn't necessarily invalidate the entire agreement," Blank Rome associate Andrew Herman said.
By Hugo Guzman | March 24, 2023
"Be wary," Duane Morris Partner Gerald Maatman said. "The NLRB has employer practices on the radar screen, and assumptions about well-settled labor decisions are now being reexamined."
By Chris O'Malley | March 21, 2023
Claudia Conner, who is over 60 and worked for Oklahoma state agencies for decades, says she got the ax after reporting to HR that a vendor made inappropriate remarks to employees.
By Hugo Guzman | March 10, 2023
"We need to view telework more favorably now that it's had a trial run in the mainstream," one expert said. "For those with varied limitations due to long COVID, this can be an effective accommodation, when reasonable."
By Chris O'Malley | March 3, 2023
"Bonuses and discretionary awards if not transparent could allow for one-sided deals. Favored employees could still come out ahead of others and biases could lead to inequities in pay," said Katerina Bezrukova, a management professor at the University of Buffalo.
By Colleen Murphy | February 28, 2023
"I have seen situations where there is a pumping option in principle, but in practice employers have erected many obstacles to make that happen," said Melinda Koster, a partner at Sanford Heisler Sharp.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Gretchen Carlson & Julie Roginsky | February 28, 2023
Lift Our Voices (LOV) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating the silencing mechanisms that silence survivors of workplace harassment and assault. In the last year, we helped shepherd two bipartisan federal laws through Congress that have been hailed as the most significant labor law changes this century.
By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2023
"If companies want to avoid this trap, they should probably refrain from being explicit in looking for members of certain age demographics in general," said Michael North, an assistant professor at New York University.
By Chris O'Malley | February 16, 2023
"I wholeheartedly disagree with noncompetes at any level," said Sameer Baig, a Florida doctor who says huge health care companies use them to get the upper hand on physicians who might otherwise leave.
By Hugo Guzman | February 14, 2023
Challenging decades of precedent, the National Labor Relations Board's Jennifer Abruzzo asserts employers are breaking the law when they tell workers that unionization wipes out their right to deal directly with management.
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