Insights

On February 1, 2009, New York will join a handful of other states which have enacted state plant closing laws that are more stringent than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. The...

New York’s Governor David Patterson has signed into law the “Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act” ( Senate Bill S02393, Assembly Bill A 2124-A),  which adds a provision to the New York Labor Law banning non-compete...

An employer’s nightmare is the productive employee who leaves the company and begins competing against it.  Given this reality, what is an employer to do?  In many cases, the answer is:  write an employment contract that...

The California Supreme Court recently issued its latest opinion in a line of decisions dealing with mediation, squarely holding that if a party desires to have a binding mediation settlement, the matter must be properly...

Although generally supportive of alternative dispute resolution, and arbitration in particular (see, e.g., Moncharsh v. Heily & Blase, 3 Cal.4th 1 (1992)), California courts have also closely scrutinized agreements...

On January 28, 2008, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the “FMLA”) was amended to extend the leave benefits available to armed services members’ families. Under the FMLA, employees of covered employers are...

California labor and employment law saw significant changes on January 1, 2008.  However, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed several bills that would have placed significant obligations on California employers in such areas as...

Effective January 1, 2008, Assembly Bill 650 requires California employers to provide written notice to their employees of their possible right to an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  This requirement applies to all...

While existing California law provides certain benefits for “qualifying members” of the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard, and Reserves, those rights have been extended through Section 395.10 of the Military and...

On July 3, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) prohibits both the prospective and...