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 [...]