- Posts by Michael Shadiack
PartnerMichael Shadiack is the Chair of Connell Foley LLP’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Representing a broad spectrum of employers and management personnel in the private and public sectors, he provides litigation defense and ...
The United States Department of Labor ("DOL") recently proposed rules to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") in order to create new parameters for determining which employees are eligible for overtime pay. If implemented, these rules would significantly expand the number of ...
Yesterday, the New Jersey Supreme Court expanded employees’ rights to bring whistleblower claims against their employers. In Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., the court held that the Conscientious Employee Protection Act’s (“CEPA”) protections extend to the performance of regular job ...
New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio recently signed into law the Fair Chance Act, prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal background during the employment application process. As described in last month’s alert, the law is dubbed “ban the box” ...
On June 23, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that an employee could be charged with criminal theft and official misconduct for stealing her employer’s documents.
In State v. Saavedra, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that its prior decision in Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp. – ...
On April 24, 2015, the United States Department of Education, through its Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” emphasizing the importance of Title IX Coordinators at education programs and schools that receive federal financial assistance ...
On June 9, 2015, the New York City Council passed the Fair Chance Act, which prohibits employers from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal record during the employment application process. This legislation is known as a “ban the box” law, because it prohibits employers from ...
New York City recently passed the “Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act,” a law that prohibits discrimination based on an employee’s or job applicant’s consumer credit history. The law is an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law.
New York City recently passed the ...
On March 1, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed two lawsuits in federal court alleging sex discrimination based on sexual orientation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These filings are noteworthy because sexual orientation is not a ...
On March 1, 2015, New Jersey’s Opportunity to Compete Act goes into effect. The law, dubbed “Ban the Box” legislation, prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from including a question on an employment application asking about the applicant’s criminal background. It also ...
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Young v.
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Young v. UPS, which employer and employee groups alike hoped would clarify whether employers must provide light duty and other workplace accommodations to ...