Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law regulating discrimination in employment. Accompanying the relief and celebration of LGBTQ advocates and allies was...
RPJ attorneys Liz Stork and Ethan Krasnoo are participating in a program providing free consultations to workers referred by the Legal Network for Gender Equity who have been denied paid sick time or paid leave under the newly enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The Act grants certain workers up...
On Friday, June 5, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act of 2020 (HR 7010) into law, loosening restrictions on PPP loans made to businesses struggling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The new law makes the following key adjustments to the PPP loan forgiveness requirements:...
On April 8, RPJ Partner Alice Jump and Associate Liz Stork hosted a video webinar for Women Make Movies (WMM), the New York City-based leading distributor of independent films by and about women, to discuss aspects of the CARES Act most pertinent to filmmakers, production companies and other workers in...
Because many production companies have seen their workflow either stopped or delayed since the onslaught of COVID-19, they are having to navigate temporary furloughs and permanent layoffs. To assist companies in making these difficult decisions, RPJ attorneys Nicole Page and Elizabeth Stork discuss what they need to know in an...
Many employers are rightfully concerned with how best to manage the business and financial impact and implications of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting closures and dislocations. Some are considering temporary furloughs of workers as an alternative to terminations or reductions in force (“RIFs”). Below, we provide a general overview of these employer...