Courts have little leeway to avoid enforcement of an arbitration clause. Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has spilt much ink reinforcing the power and scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), the legislation requiring that courts compel arbitration of...
The client calls are a regular part of my everyday, increasingly so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress. Anxiety. Depression. The causes are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Simply put, a growing number of our employees are dealing with serious mental health...
I still think an emoji would have helped. A couple of years ago, I posted about a decision from an administrative law judge who found that Ben Domenech, co-founder and Executive Officer of FDRLST Media, LLC, and publisher of the libertarian webzine The Federalist, had...
“I’m here to listen.” It’s an innocuous enough statement for management to make to employees. What could possibly go wrong when a manager tells employees she’s there to “listen”? If a union representation petition is pending,...
Employers can breathe a sigh of relief … for now. On May 12, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed Introduction Number (Int. No.) 134-A into law, just days before the current salary disclosure law was set to take effect. New York City’s salary disclosure law...
NOTE FROM ROBIN: In March, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered discrimination in general, and the second installment covered religious accommodation. Subsequent posts will get into...
Union representation petitions are surging. According to the National Labor Relations Board, they have increased a whopping 57% over the past six months. Even more astounding is just how many of these petitions are in hospitality and food service industry. According...
You bet! As we all know, a growing number of states have legalized marijuana use to varying degrees. In some states, medical marijuana is permitted, but not recreational. In some states, anything goes. In some states, including New Jersey and New York,...
Under an amendment to the New York Civil Rights Law that will take effect on May 7, 2022, private-sector employers that monitor their employees’ use of telephones, emails, and the internet must provide notice of such monitoring. The following provides highlights of...
Are customers who use self-checkout entitled to be paid for it? NOTE FROM ROBIN: At least one California lawyer thinks so. He recently filed a lawsuit contending that his client, a supermarket customer, and other California customers of the same supermarket chain, are...
