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On August 9, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law that expressly prohibits discrimination based on religious attire, clothing or facial hair. This amendment becomes effective on October 8,...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

As the New York State Legislature neared the end of the 2019 session in June, it passed several bills amending the state’s laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment. We addressed the major provisions of these new bills in our previous alert. As...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

On two fronts, the Human Resources department has an increasingly important role in the privacy and security of an organization’s data. On the one hand, HR collects, uses, retains, stores, and disposes of personal information related to the...By: Locke Lord LLP

OFCCP proposes to broaden protection of religious exercise. Citing the need to clarify the scope and application of the religious exemption for federal contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a proposed regulatory...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The City of Dallas recently enacted a paid sick leave (PSL) ordinance requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees and to abide by specific accrual, use, pay, and recordkeeping obligations. Now, the City is being forced to...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The National Labor Relations Board recently invalidated an arbitration agreement that would require employees to arbitrate all “all claims or controversies” with their employer, holding that such a provision would unlawfully restrict employees’...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Lately, ICE has been more active in making arrests of undocumented individuals. Statistically however, the number of arrests are very small and the “bark” is much bigger than the “bite.” Nonetheless, it is helpful for employers and other stakeholders...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

After the extension of the March 29 Brexit deadline to October, Western Europe's private equity market staged a frenzied comeback in Q2. Deal volume fell from 510 to 399 deals at the same time that value surged by 88% compared with Q1, to US$78.4...By: White & Case LLP

In Harleysville Preferred Insurance Company v. East Coast Painting & Maintenance, LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135295 (D.N.J. Aug. 12, 2019) (East Coast Painting), the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held that an insurer, which...By: White and Williams LLP

Employers wishing to implement class action waivers in response to class claims and discipline employees who refuse to sign them just got some very good news from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in Cordua Restaurants, Inc., 368...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP