Insights

On April 20, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill requiring the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) to establish a tester program to investigate local employers, labor organizations, and employment...

Effective January 30, 2014, New York City employers with four or more employees must provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, in accordance with a recent...

Effective June 11, 2013, the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) will protect job applicants against “unemployment” discrimination.  (See Int. Bill No. 814-A.)  The new law defines protected...

Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy recently signed into law Public Act No. 12-55, “An Act Concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana,” which permits the statewide “palliative use” of marijuana by “qualifying...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a revised workplace notice, the “EEO Is The Law” poster, that employers covered by the federal anti-discrimination laws must post in the workplace. ...

On April 7, 2009, Governor David Paterson signed into law the New York State 2009-2010 Budget Bill.  In one of several provisions expanding the state’s authority to collect fines, the bill amends the New York State Human...

On January 26, 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employee who provided information regarding a supervisor’s alleged sexual harassment, when interviewed by her employer during the investigation of other employees’...

On June 18, 2009, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made it significantly more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in age discrimination suits under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621...

The New York State Assembly recently passed a bill, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) (A. 5710/S. 2406) by a vote of 97-38.  The proposed law would amend the New York State Human Rights Law to add...

On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (the “ADAAA”), which will significantly broaden the scope of the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”). ...