28 Jun, 2023 Employee or Independent Contractor? Not so fast… By Mintz The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision finding that makeup artists, wig artists and hairstylists of The Atlanta...
26 Jun, 2023 Performance Evaluations as Talk Therapy By Jennifer B. Rubin If 20% of Americans currently live with mental illness as the National Institute of Mental Health reports, and 60% of American adults are...
01 Jun, 2023 Who (Actually) is the Boss (Take Two)? The NLRB Takes on Non-Competes By Jennifer B. Rubin A few months ago, we wrote about the NLRB General Counsel's opinion that some non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in...
26 May, 2023 Another Vulnerability for Cybersecurity of Retirement Plan Data: Auto-Portability By Michelle Capezza A recent phishing incident related to a Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) employee email account caused RCH to alert more than 10,500...
27 Apr, 2023 Leaving the Boss on Read By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent report about the hybrid working environment's negative impact on career development tells us that personal interaction impacts...
27 Mar, 2023 Who (Actually) is the Boss? The NLRB, Supervisors, and Non-Disparagement Provisions By Jennifer B. Rubin The NLRB's decision addressing non-disparagement provisions and its General Counsel's recent follow-on advisory about the scope of that...
27 Mar, 2023 Email Layoffs from the Employment Litigator’s Lens By Paul Huston Danielle Bereznay With the market continuing on its roller coaster trajectory, many employers have been forced to make big cuts to payroll. When doing so,...
24 Feb, 2023 What is the Difference Between a Friendship and an Employment Relationship? Employment Laws Do Not Apply to a Friendship. By Kevin Kim The ex-nanny of two famous actors recently sued them for disability discrimination. She claimed the couple’s marital issues allegedly...
21 Feb, 2023 Signed, sealed, delivered? SCOTUS to review religious accommodation test and potential takeaways for employers. By Delaney Busch The Supreme Court will hear a case (Groff v. DeJoy) brought by a former mail carrier who was disciplined for refusing to work on Sundays,...
14 Feb, 2023 A Good Goodbye: Making Exit Interviews Work By Jennifer B. Rubin Layoffs may lead the news cycle these days but what may be lost in the digital dilemma of mass terminations is the utility of information...
26 Jan, 2023 The Digital Dismissal Dilemma By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent New York Times piece about the chaos arising from terminating remote workers highlights the difficulties employers face when...
25 Jan, 2023 News of Recent Layoffs Prompts a Review of the WARN Act By Emma Follansbee WARN Act compliance is evergreen. Recent tech layoffs provide an important reminder of WARN’s importance for all employers contemplating...
18 Jan, 2023 Future of Non-Competes Up in the Air By Paul Huston Future of Non-Competes Up in the Air The FTC recently announced its proposal to ban non-compete clauses in employment agreements. That...
15 Dec, 2022 The Hybrid Work Compromise...Maybe Employers and Employees Can Have Their Cake and Eat it Too By Evan Piercey Hybrid work is part of the new normal. But what does hybrid work really entail? And what factors should employers consider as they enter...
08 Dec, 2022 WFH - work from home or work from "home?" By Mintz The global pandemic fostered a huge uptick in remote work as many companies were required to shut their physical offices for months. For...
25 Aug, 2022 Employers Address "Quiet Quitting" By Corbin Carter You've likely heard about the latest term to enter the workplace zeitgeist - "quiet quitting" - from any number of sources, including the...