By: Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman At the end of 2023, following a breakdown in attempts at compromise with the State Legislature, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S3100A, which was passed by both houses of the State Legislature earlier this year, and would have implemented...
On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its Final Rule addressing the “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, slated to take effect on December 26, 2023, significantly expands the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered...
Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule revising its legal test for determining joint employer status. The NLRB’s new rule makes it harder for workers to claim that an entity is a joint employer because it states that a business is only a joint employer if...
On February 7, FedEx announced that FedEx Express, its operating company that promises “day-definite” deliveries, would start outsourcing some of its home deliveries to FedEx Ground. The Memphis-based publication The Commercial Appeal picked up the story, describing that protection of employees of the two operating arms falls under two different...
In an important employment and labor law decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that employment agreements waiving class action claims and requiring employees to arbitrate claims on an individual basis are enforceable. Justice Gorsuch, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, wrote for the majority...
In Stacey Lastoe's article, published on Friday, January 20, 2017 on The Muse, she confronts the question, "Can I get fired for talking politics at work?" Lastoe turned to RPL Managing Partner Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis and Partner Deena R. Merlen for answers. "What happens if I do discuss politics at the office?...