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New York is a so-called "at will state" in which an employee without a contract for a definite term may be discharged at any time and/or without cause.

Justice Antonin Scalia's recent passing leaves the United States Supreme Court with eight active members.

The Employment Act 2002 ("EA") established a framework for promoting the resolution of employment disputes in the workplace via statutory disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Jackson Lewis' International Employment practice group regularly assists clients with global employment and mobility issues in well over 100 countries.

In recent years, employers have been facing a growing number of claims involving retaliation or whistleblowing. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the governmental entity charged with the task of investigating federal claims of employment discrimination, investigates retaliation claims on a priority basis.

This new year has brought a variety of new employment law cases from both federal and state courts. Most offer clarification on existing law, while a couple expand existing obligations or liability.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in a recent en banc decision that the one-year time limit that an accused infringer has to request an inter partes review

2022 was a great year for U.S. labor unions and employees, but not so much for U.S. employers. The Biden National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dug in and got to work, reversing precedent...

An employer commits an unfair practice if it refuses to hire, terminates, or otherwise discriminates based on "the presences of any sensory, mental or physical disability." RCW 49.60.010, .180(1)-(3). Under the Washington Law against Discrimination ("WLAD"), "[a]n employer who discharges, reassigns, or harasses for a discriminatory reason faces a disparate treatment claim; an employer who fails to accommodate the employee’s disability, faces an accommodation claim." Pulcino v. Fed. Express Corp.