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Joanna S. Rich, Salvador P. Simao; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 17, 2012, previously published on October 16, 2012 Executive Summary: On September 27, 2012, two members of the New Jersey Assembly introduced Assembly Bill 3310, which authorizes the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) to investigate, mediate and prosecute claims by certain independent contractors that they were not...
| | NLRB Upholds Employee's Discharge In First Facebook-Related Decision
Brian J. Kurtz; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 4, 2012, previously published on October 3, 2012 Executive Summary: In its first published discipline/discharge decision involving employee Facebook access, the National Labor Relations Board has upheld the termination of an employee whose Facebook posts mocked an accident on his employer's property.
| | New Jersey Governor Takes Action on "Gender Pay Parity" Bills
Joanna S. Rich, Salvador P. Simao; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 1, 2012, previously published on September 28, 2012 Executive Summary: On Friday, September 21, 2012, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a "Gender Pay Parity" bill that imposes a new notice posting requirement on covered employers. The governor rejected a second bill that would have increased reporting requirements for...
| | VETS-100/VETS-100A Report Filing Deadline Extended
Bennet D. Alsher, Linda Cavanna-Wilk, Karen M. Tyner; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 1, 2012, previously published on September 26, 2012 Executive Summary: The Department of Labor's Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS) has announced that it is extending the deadline for the submission of VETS-100/VETS-100A reports from September 30 to October 31, 2012.
| | New York Expands Permissible Wage Deductions
Philip K. Davidoff; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2012, previously published on September 20, 2012 Executive Summary: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law an amendment to Section 193 of the New York Labor Law, which governs the deductions an employer may legally make from employees' wages. The changes become effective on November 6, 2012.
| | New York Strengthens Law Protecting Social Security Numbers
Philip K. Davidoff; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2012, previously published on September 20, 2012 Executive Summary: Two new amendments to New York General Business Law Section 399-dd, commonly known as the Social Security Number Protection Law, have been passed for the purpose of further safeguarding employees' social security numbers. Signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 14,...
| | Legal Risks Arising from International Expansion
Kenneth R. Hannahs, Aisha S. Sanchez; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 7, 2012, previously published on August 31, 2012 Although global markets today face numerous challenges, U.S. headquartered companies increasingly turn to international expansion for growth. The decision to embark beyond the security and known risks of the U.S. border requires careful strategic analysis including factoring in the costs and the...
| | Post-Macy Best Employment Practices for a Transgender Workforce
Kenneth R. Hannahs, Aisha S. Sanchez; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 4, 2012, previously published on August 31, 2012 The transgender community has seen a recent surge in legal, policy, and rule-making developments affording it greater protections from employment discrimination. For example, although federal anti-discrimination laws do not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, 16...
| | OFCCP Rescinds Outdated and Redundant Directives
Bennet D. Alsher, Linda Cavanna-Wilk, Karen M. Tyner; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 27, 2012, previously published on August 22, 2012 The OFCCP recently published two notices announcing the rescission of certain agency directives that either contain outdated information or address issues that are addressed in other agency materials. The OFCCP maintains a Directive System as one means of distributing guidance to its staff members...
| | Fourth Circuit Joins Other Circuits and Takes a Narrow View of the CFAA in Employee Data Theft Case
Michelle Brauer Abidoye; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 16, 2012, previously published on August 7, 2012 Executive Summary: The Fourth Circuit is the latest court to weigh-in on the growing circuit split concerning the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") and its applicability to employee data theft cases. Like the Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, the Fourth Circuit rejected a broad...
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