Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

2019 – “The Year Of the Woman” in Employment Law

As we enter the 3rd year of the #MeToo movement, all signs point towards another year of heightened legal activities in the area of gender discrimination and gender equality. Sexual harassment claims will continue to…

The Latest On Religious Accommodations In The Workplace

Article written for Law360, published on February 6, 2019. In the past few months, we have seen three different cases of religious accommodation claims, with three very different results. In case one, the U.S.…

New York Employers Look Back on 2018 – and Look Forward to 2019

As we close the books on 2018, New York employers really cannot relax after the bombardment of last year’s employment law changes. Many of these laws will require new levels of compliance in 2019, not to mention the…

Healthcare Employer Off the Hook In A Rubella Vaccine Case

While most of us rarely think about rubella – a largely forgotten disease that should have disappeared with the “MMR” vaccine¹ – it was the focus of a recent Eighth Circuit decision this month. If you are asking…

Health Care Reform – ACA Changes and Other Updates

This Advisory supplements our previous advisories dated January 2018, December 2016, December 2015 (as supplemented in January 2016 ), October 2014, October 2013, November 2012, November 2011, and October 2010,…