Caregiver Protections in the News
Two interesting news items regarding caregivers have recently come to our attention. The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced an initiative focused on wage theft affecting healthcare workers. In a [...]
Old Wine in New Bottles – Legal Update for Gig Workers
The gig economy is in the news again – this time with the US Department of Labor announcing new regulations concerning gig workers. The labor and employment laws governing gig [...]
New York Federal Court Overturns Rules Limiting COVID-19 Paid Leave
On August 3, 2020, a judge in the Southern District of New York overturned several provisions of the US Department of Labor’s Final Rule that interprets the Families First [...]
Update on COVID-19 and Safety in the Workplace
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted every aspect of American life; the workplace has in no way been spared. Consider the explosion in unemployment, the ravages that swept and continue to [...]
COVID-19 and the New Face of Furlough
Furloughs are in the news, from Macy’s announcing a furlough of a “majority” of its 130,000 workforce, to United Airlines furloughing one-third of its workforce, to the USCIS announcing the [...]