Legal News

Welcome to the future. With the dramatic changes in acceptance of medical and even recreational marijuana, employers need to take a fresh look at the way they maintain drug-free workplaces. Here are some tips for surviving this time of transition....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On April 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued proposed regulations clarifying its interpretation of joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This past Sunday, the DOL issued a Final Rule, which will take effect March 16....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Illinois ended the old year and started the new with a bang. Numerous new workplace rules have taken effect, with more on the horizon. Here are some of the recent changes that employers with operations in Illinois will need to be aware of in the new...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

"Let's turn over -- a new leaf." "And, baby, let's make promises -- that we can keep. We'll call it a New Year's resolution . . ." Now that the New Year's celebrations are over, it's time to start thinking about resolutions. Ugh. Here are my top...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On January 1, some important changes to Massachusetts employment law took effect. Below are the highlights: Paid Family and Medical Leave- In 2018, Gov. Charlie Baker signed the so-called “Grand Bargain” legislation. Among other things, the Grand...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Did I do that? Happy new year, everybody! Greg Giangrande of the New York Post's @Work column answered a letter this week from a guy whose behavior at his workplace holiday party was "a blur." That can't be good....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOL is ordered to release contractors' EEO-1 Report information. The U.S. Department of Labor has lost a battle concerning the release of contractors’ EEO-1 Reports under the Freedom of Information Act. Federal Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore of...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

In a flurry of decisions issued this month, the Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board overruled several Obama-era decisions. The decisions concern employer rules for confidentiality in investigations, employee use of employer...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

2019 ends with a bang. Even apart from that big political event that begins with the "I" word, and those two major holidays that are imminent, there have been some very weird employment-related news items this week. Have you been paying attention?...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Employers make their own luck. When it comes to terminations of employment, are you lucky or unlucky? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear after each question, so you can cheat all you want, and we'll never know....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP