Employment Law Blog
See Something, Say Something: Blowing the Whistle on Hospitals That Turn Away Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the country, many patients infected with COVID-19 will need emergency medical care. Hospitals are seeing not only coronavirus carriers, but other patients seeking treatment for different conditions, ailments, and...
Workplace Rights and Protections for California Healthcare Workers
There is no shortage of heroes in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. They put themselves in harm's way every day to help others. Not only do healthcare workers put their own health at risk...
What Employees Who Report Unsafe New York Workplaces During the COVID-19 Crisis Need to Know
As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout the U.S., New York and many other states and cities have ordered non-essential businesses to close. However, what constitutes an "essential business" has shifted over the course of the pandemic, as has how the order will be...
See Something, Say Something: Protecting Workers Who Report Affordable Care Act (ACA) Violations
As patients pour into hospitals and healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 emergency, health insurance coverage becomes more important than ever. The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from unlawfully denying coverage to patients, and it also prohibits...
ACDs Now Off Limits in New York Hiring and Employment Decisions
The laws in New York and elsewhere throughout the country have come a long way in recent years when it comes to protecting job applicants from employment discrimination based on criminal history. "Ban the box" laws and ordinances facilitate opportunities for tens of...
Your First Employment Agreement: It’s Not All About the Money
Although employment agreements are not required for most employment relationships in the U.S., many employers use them for some or all workers. In addition to expressing the material terms and conditions of the employment relationship (including salary and benefits),...
Employment Contract Rights and COVID-19
To say that a large portion of the American workforce is facing uncertainty is an understatement. Reports of furloughs, pay cuts, and layoffs attributed to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic make the news regularly. Many employees who are continuing to work in...
New and Existing Paid Leave Laws Protect New York Employees During the COVID-19 Emergency
Few employees and executives have been spared the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Whether because of illness to themselves or family members, childcare or school closures, or disruption in the workplace, it has been anything but business as usual for the majority...
Protection for Employees Who Blow the Whistle on Employers’ COVID-19-Related Wrongdoing
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act released $2 trillion into the economy in an effort to help stabilize families and businesses. Although it did not include new protections for employees who are retaliated against for reporting corporate...
Expats and COVID-19: Global Employees at Risk and in Limbo
The coronavirus has hit multinational employees hard in every part of the world. U.S. expatriates living abroad and E.U. expats working in the U.S. have been subject to travel bans, embassy closures, shelter-in-place orders, widespread work shutdowns, mass...
