Insights

Connecticut has adopted a new law regarding criminal history questions on job applications. To comply with the law, many Connecticut employers will find it necessary to revise their employment applications and their...

A Comparison of the Definition of “Disability” in the Americans With Disabilities Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law Presented by Dennis A. Lalli to the Fall Meeting...

 In a recent decision, Multimedia KSDK, Inc. v. NLRB, 2002 WL 31011133 (Sept. 10, 2002), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or...

Employers may not refuse to rehire former employees based on past drug or alcohol addiction, according to a June 2002 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hernandez v. Hughes Missile Systems Co., 292 F.3d 1038...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”), which was signed by President Bush on July 30, 2002, is intended to rein in corporate and accounting misdeeds by closely regulating corporate governance and reporting...

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) limited the obligations of a successor employer to the union which represented its predecessor’s employees. MV Transportation, 337 NLRB...

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) (Gov’t Code § 12900 et seq.) protect individuals from discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, the Act protects those age forty or older by...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York recently reversed a $150,000 jury award in a sexual harassment case, finding that the complained of conduct did not rise to the level of an actionable hostile...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that an employee who submits to her supervisor’s unwelcome sexual advances suffers a “tangible employment action,” with the result that the...

On June 24, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) applied an invalid standard in finding that an employer committed an unfair labor practice by bringing an...