By Carla Varriale-Barker | February 3, 2025
With Governor Kathy Hochul recently signing the Fashion Workers Act into law, New York has taken a step forward in protecting the rights and interests of the state’s modeling industry. Carla Varriale-Barker discusses the implications of the Act and how it is an opportunity to advance basic protections and oversight in the industry.
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By Chris O'Malley | January 28, 2025
In a note to clients Tuesday, Littler Mendelson called the dismissal of Gwynne Wilcox "literally unprecedented."
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By Kelly Cardin | January 28, 2025
The author states "Can New York employees – who were paid all wages due on a biweekly pay schedule – state a claim against their employer for violating the pay frequency provisions of §191 of the New York Labor Law? Well, it depends on who you ask – or, more accurately, where the plaintiff can file suit."
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By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | January 22, 2025
"This Executive Order, which generally reinstates the one issued in 2020, is intended to cover as many as 50,000 employees, leaving them vulnerable to being fired for any reason, including political agenda," counsel for the National Treasury Employees Union alleged in a complaint challenging President Donald Trump's workforce policy.
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By Jeffrey Campolongo and Scott M. Badami | January 22, 2025
In the case of the Dartmouth basketball team, this legal issue has taken on significant importance. This unionization movement would set a precedent for collegiate athletes nationwide, challenging the long-standing tradition of categorizing them as “student-athletes” rather than workers entitled to the protections and rights afforded to employees under federal labor law.
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By Jon Campisi | January 21, 2025
The three attorneys, who join the Am Law 100 firm as shareholders, have extensive experience in the realm of labor and employment law related to professional and collegiate sports employers and organizations.
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By Amanda O'Brien | January 17, 2025
Daniel Sobol and Brandon Shemtob, who served for around six and a half years at Stevens & Lee, joined the firm effective on Jan. 15, seeking out a larger platform for their national traditional labor practice.
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By Thomas Spigolon | January 6, 2025
The majority of new office leaders in four U.S. cities and Montreal are women.
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By Lisa Willis | December 30, 2024
A lawsuit has been filed against Southwest Airlines for allegedly violating New York labor law by paying baggage and cargo handlers bi-monthly instead of weekly.
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By Andrew Lieb | December 13, 2024
Andrew Lieb discusses how New York State’s expansion of workers' compensation benefits, (effective 1/1/25), to cover claims for mental injury premises upon extraordinary work-related stress will impact an employee's workplace discrimination claim.
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