The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a report last week discussing the outcome of investigations into fourteen (14) cases involving social media by the federal agency’s Division of Advise. In four cases of the fourteen, the NLRB found that workers were protected by Section 7 of the National Labor […]
The NYS-45 form (Quarterly Combined Withholdings, Wage Reporting and Unemployment Insurance Return) is a form which must be filed by New York State employers on a quarterly basis. Previously, employers were required to report to New York State the name, social security number and gross wages paid to each of its employees who
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A California state appeals court recently ruled that a woman who sued her employer claiming discrimination cannot shield the e-mails she sent to and received from her lawyer in the litigation because they were sent from her work e-mail account. The court concluded that the e-mails were not a protected confidential communication (in other words, they
The United States Labor Department’s December, 2010 survey showed an increase of 7.6% in the number of people over the age of fifty-five (55) who held jobs, compared to the same time period in 2007, when the recession was beginning. By contrast, there were fewer jobs held by people in all age groups
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The New York State Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which went into effect on February 1, 2009, requires employers to provide 90 days notice prior to a plant closing, mass layoff or relocation. Notice must be provided to affected employees and their representatives (i.e. their collective bargaining unit), the New York Department
The United States Department of Labor recently announced plans to require companies to prepare and adopt compliance plans aimed at ensuring they do not violate wage, job safety and equal employment laws. The Department of Labor stated that its intention was to foster a culture of compliance among employers, rather than what it called the
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I love what I do. Every day brings new matters, and every matter is different. When I tell people I’m an employment and labor attorney, I think people may feel that it is a very narrow, focused area of law. Nothing could be further from the truth. The area of employment and labor law is