Labor Days
Trump Plays Ball (To Knee or Not To Knee)
President Trump likes to mix it up. Mix everything up, like the National Football League and the First Amendment. Wait. What? Whether you think the President defies convention strategically or blunderingly, Trump…
No Summer Breaks for the EEOC
As many of us settle into September, with fond memories of our summer vacations, do not think that the federal agencies were on a hiatus. In fact and despite predictions that the EEOC under the new administration would…
Racism in Your Spare Time: What Are The Legal Limits for Employers?
On Saturday, August 12, as the nation watched, protests in Charlottesville, Virginia regarding the anticipated removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee turned deadly. In the days and weeks after, both…
Legal Update: Trump’s One-offs to Labor Regulations Change the Big Picture
When Trump was a brand-new President (or force of nature, depending on how you look at it), we observed that the dawn of his administration would not necessarily augur wholesale changes to the overall landscape of…
Are “Cute” Employees A New Protected Class in New York?
New York employers now have a new class of employees to be wary of - the “cute”. A New York appellate court just issued a decision reviving a gender discrimination claim brought by a female plaintiff, who alleged that…