- 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 ...
On February 11, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court raised the standards for plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases who are seeking to hold their employers vicariously liable for a supervisor’s alleged harassing conduct.
In Aguas v. State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Supreme Court held ...
On January 14, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided which test should be applied under New Jersey law to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of resolving a wage payment or wage and hour claim. Hargrove v. Sleepy’s LLC presented that issue ...
Beginning January 1, 2015, employers under the federal jurisdiction of OSHA will be required to comply with more stringent OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements. In the past, employers were required to report all work-related fatalities and all work-related hospitalizations of ...
On December 9, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published a Final Rule implementing President Obama’s Executive Order 13672, which incorporates “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes and bars related ...