On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak.

A San Diego jury awarded that amount to a former employee who claimed he was wrongfully terminated based on his arrest record and then defamed.

On January 14, 2015, the New York Supreme Court held that an employee can sufficiently demonstrate his membership in a protected class by virtue of his association with another person – in this case, his wife.

The NLRB recently held that an employer lawfully terminated an employee for intentionally violating an overbroad and unlawful confidentiality rule.

Employers considering firing employees for participating in ‘A Day Without Immigrants" strike, or any strike for that matter, need to keep in mind the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a former employee’s unlawful termination claim.

A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Dana Rivkind's sex and disability discrimination claims against Oracle America Inc. to proceed, while dismissing her hostile work environment, retaliation, and emotional distress claims. The case examines whether Oracle's actions following Rivkind's whistleblowing about a Metaverse project—including medical evaluations, isolation, and eventual termination—constituted unlawful discrimination based on sex and disability.

An investment firm violated the National Labor Relations Act by firing a non-union financial consultant who had complained openly about the firm’s proposed compensation plan.

City of Newton's Involuntary Transfer of Police Sergeant was an Adverse...

A newly enacted, under-the-radar statute in California could undermine efforts by employers to challenge the expert opinion testimony regarding...

A recent decision by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division for the First Department, Buchanan Capital Markets, LLC v. DeLucca, suggests that noncompetition restrictions against employees...

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") ruled this week in the McLaren Macomb case, a decision applicable to both non-unionized and unionized employers, that merely including standard...

This past week, the nation was shocked with yet another senseless act of violence in the workplace. On Monday, a disgruntled former employee, walked into his former employer's job site and killed 5...

The Issue: A terminated employee makes a claim against the employer for damages. The company says it fired him for stealing from the company.

On Jan. 22, 2009, the U.S. Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 by a vote of 61-36.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in Sabatini v. Knouse that a student sexually harassed in an academic setting may sue the individual perpetrator directly under G. L. c. 214, § 1C, not just the educational...

Following back and forth amendments between the Lords and Commons, on 27 November the Commons gave way and agreed that the Employment Rights Bill...

Sen. Robert A. Taft, our firm's namesake, introduced the Taft-Hartley Act in the Senate.

Last month, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employee's protected activity must be the "but for" cause of an adverse action to support a claim for retaliation under the False Claims Act.

Under the National Labor Relations Act, certain union activities are considered "protected."