While federal law generally does not prohibit discrimination against workers because of their weight and height, a growing number of states and localities have or are considering passing laws to prohibit workplace weight and height discrimination. Even without...
Federal employment law is about to give birth to some long-overdue requirements. As of June 27, 2023, employers with 15 or more employees must provide pregnancy-related accommodations to employees and applicants under the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....
Absence management is the oversight and administration of employees’ time out of work related to several reasons such as family leave (FMLA), paid sick leave, paternity leave, bereavement leave, and paid family and medical leave (PFML). The complexity of absence...
The First Amendment protects Americans’ freedom of expression, but it doesn’t prevent a private employer from setting its own rules or terminating an employee for saying something the organization doesn’t like. Although employees don’t have a constitutional right to...
The minimum wage across New York State is going up again. The rate will gradually increase beginning on January 1, 2024. On May 3, 2023, Governor Hochul signed legislation to raise the hourly minimum wage as follows: Effective Date New York City, Long Island, and...