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With mass layoffs happening at many large tech companies with offices in the U.S., there are special considerations and obligations employers have when laying off their workforce that can include the termination of H-1B sponsored employees.

In Guilfoyle v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., a federal district court in California held that an employer was unable to meet the "primarily engaged in" requirement of the executive exemption test.

On June 14, 2012, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced a bill in the Senate that would bolster protections to dislocated workers by amending the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).

According to a recent ConstructionDive.com article, construction job openings soared in January 2024 marking over a 40% increase from the same period in 2023.

At the beginning of November, shortly after Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the company began mass layoffs.

The ADA requires that an employer keep all medical information about an employee confidential and store it separately from personnel files.

New York WARN Act notices are getting longer (again). In her State of the State address earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she will direct the New York...

As HR professionals increasingly use AI tools for new purposes, employment attorneys are warning them to retain a human element when delivering layoff news to employees.

On December 19, 2022, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that, if signed by Governor Phil Murphy, would amend the effective date of amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive...

On August 7, 2020, the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) formally issued its guidance on the Temporary Right to Reemployment Following Layoff Due ...

Like most businesses, you have undergone the effort and expense of recruiting quality talent to join your workforce.

I have been waiting for a gap in my practice with no pending claims about a layoff gone wrong. Honestly, I have been waiting for over two years, and there has been no gap, so I am taking the plunge and writing this blog post now.

New York employers continue to grapple with the sudden and long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic and attendant stay-at-home and travel advisories.

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has today given its decision in the case of USDAW and others – v – Ethel Austin and others, otherwise known as the Woolworths case.

The California WARN Act provides protection for employees of certain businesses engaging in layoffs and closures. Chief among these protections is the requirement that businesses with 75

As we previously reported, New Jersey had recently amended its Mini-WARN Act to expand the protections available for employees whose employers engage in mass layoffs or termination of operations effective July 19, 2020.

The U.S. energy industry, which has been a job creator and economy driver for years, is in the throes of a significant downturn due to the dropping price of crude oil.