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New York Law Journal

Model Law: The New York Fashion Workers Act

A discussion of The New York State Fashion Workers Act (Senate Bill S.2477D/ Assembly Bill A.5631D), a proposed pro-labor bill that will regulate model management companies by giving models and other creative workers basic labor rights and protections.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Union Publication Can't Cite Free Speech Right in Rejecting Campaign Ad, Split DC Circuit Panel Rules

A postal worker's request to publish campaign materials in multiple editions of the Postal Record as a candidate for president of the NALC labor union is supported by Section 401(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found in a 2-1 decision reversing a lower court ruling.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig Eyes Labor and Employment Expansion in Florida as Regulations Intensify

Alicia Chiu is joining the firm's Orlando office after previously serving as the Orlando office litigation manager at Jackson Lewis.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor, Blank Rome Expand in Boston

Leaders of both Philadelphia-founded firms are enthusiastic about the opportunities the city presents across a range of practices.
4 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Rejects Police Officer's Claim That Day-to-Night Shift Resulted in Adverse Employment Action

Associate Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian wrote that while the transfer could constitute an adverse employment action, with such issues as a lifestyle change and family life balance, there was no factual showing to support the union's claim.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Justices Appear Unwilling to Strike Down Proposition 22

The justices suggested the Legislature may still be able to extend workers' compensation coverage to app-based drivers if Prop 22 survives.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Circuit Rules Civil Servant Was Removed, Demoted Without Proper Due Process

Risa L. Lieberwitz, a professor of labor and employment law in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said the D.C. Circuit's majority opinion is "quite a significant decision."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Court Sides With Real Estate Broker in Dispute Over Employee Classification Under Wage Payment Law

"Under the Brokers Act, the parties' agreement to an independent contractor affiliation is not merely one of several factors in the analysis, as the Appellate Division viewed it to be," Justice Anne M. Patterson said. "To the contrary, if the parties have agreed in writing to a business affiliation in compliance with the Brokers Act, that agreement is dispositive."
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Gibbons Attorneys File WARN Violations Against Christmas Tree Shops Owners for Short Layoff Notices

Gibbons filed an employment class action on behalf of former employees of Christmas Tree Shops against two owners of the now-bankrupt company for allegedly laying off hundreds of workers with only one week's notice, in violation of the required three months' advanced notification under the New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Two Separate Lives': Lawyers Share Personal Stories of Addiction, Recovery

Participants in a panel hosted by Recovery Centers of America want a world in which employees are comfortable telling their supervisors they need help.
7 minute read

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