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Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS New Federal Law Requires Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers: What Employers Need to Know “Omnibus” is defined as providing for many things at once, and the new federal omnibus funding bill is exactly that. For more, click here. New […]

J. Michael McGuire represented one of the largest independent power producers in the nation in a labor arbitration over the amount of the Employer’s annual medical insurance contributions for 2022. The arbitrator agreed that the Company correctly implemented the rates set forth in the collective bargaining agreement, rather than the […]

Parker E. Thoeni will be a panelist for the Employment Law Alliance’s “United States Employment Law Year in Review,” reviewing major developments of interest to employers from this past year.  This complimentary webinar will be held on January 11, 2023 at 12 p.m. Eastern. You may register here.

It has been over two years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While there are certain aspects of the pandemic that we hope to leave behind, others are here to stay – namely, the rise of the remote workforce. With the expansion of fully remote and hybrid work, employers […]

Mark Swerdlin and Courtney Amelung won a motion to dismiss several claims against a healthcare employer in a federal lawsuit brought by a former employee. Mark and Courtney successfully argued that the employee had failed to meet the administrative prerequisite for his disability claims, since his EEOC charge alleged only […]

Teresa Teare and Veronica Yu Welsh won a motion to dismiss on behalf of a healthcare employer. The federal judge found unlawful an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulation that permitted the EEOC to issue a Notice of Right to Sue to the plaintiff before 180 days had passed after the […]

Mark Swerdlin and Lindsey White presented “Employment Law Issues Arising from the Pandemic & Related to Managing a Remote Workforce” at the Maryland State Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Institute on November 16, 2022.

Fiona Ong and Parker Thoeni authored a Chambers Expert Focus article, “Marijuana in the US Workplace.” Chambers & Partners is a prominent London-based research and publishing organization that ranks law firms and lawyers based upon their reputation among peers and clients. It also publishes a number of guides and articles providing […]

Lindsey White was a panelist for “Strategic Considerations for Remote Proceedings in Labor and Employment Cases,” presented at the American Bar Association 16th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, held in Washington D.C. on November 9th-12th 2022.

Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS What Employers Need to Know About the New “Speak Out Act’s” Prohibitions on Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Provisions Congress has passed and President Biden is expected to sign the “Speak Out Act” into law, thereby prohibiting nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions […]