- 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 federal minimum wage poster and the federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act posters were updated by the U.S. Department of Labor just last week, with a requirement that they be posted in the workplace by employers this week.
The federal minimum wage poster was amended to update ...
The gender pay gap has been a topic of conversation for many decades. In 1970, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) promulgated sex discrimination regulations applicable to federal government contractors and subcontractors and ...
Today, the United States Department of Labor ("USDOL") published its long-awaited Final Rule expanding overtime eligibility. Under the Final Rule, which will become effective on December 1, 2016, employers may have to pay overtime to employees who never previously qualified for overtime ...
On May 11, 2016, President Obama ratified the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016,” giving employers a private cause of action against employees who misappropriate trade secrets. However, the Act, which immediately went into law and effect, offers both employers and employees certain ...
On May 9, 2016, the New Jersey Senate delayed voting on Senate Bill 799 which, if passed, would require all businesses in New Jersey to provide paid sick days to each employee that it employs within the state.
On May 9, 2016, the New Jersey Senate delayed voting on Senate Bill 799 which, if passed ...
Today, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it finalized its union persuader rule, requiring employers to report so-called “persuader agreements” they have made with outside consultants to help persuade workers against unionizing.
Today, the United ...
Employer wellness programs are intended to encourage healthier lifestyles or prevent disease among workers. These programs oftentimes use health risk assessments and biometric screenings to help determine a worker’s health risk factors, like body weight, cholesterol and blood ...
Effective today, March 2, employers in the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey will need to comply with a paid sick leave ordinance. The ordinance is designed to provide those working for an employer located in Elizabeth with paid sick leave from their jobs. It is similar to the ordinances passed in ...
On January 20, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation clarifying the scope of joint employment for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). The Interpretation ...
As of January 19, 2016, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law requires New York employers with four or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s pregnancy-related medical condition, unless the accommodation places an undue burden on the ...