Julie Bastian

Before joining Horton Law, I spent most of my legal career working as in-house counsel for a large privately-held global workforce solutions and business service company. I assist businesses with risk mitigation by analyzing their existing human resources policies and procedures and handling employment matters that come up. Nothing on the firm blog should be considered legal advice. If you need legal advice and think we can help, let me know!
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FLSA Joint Employer

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new rule revising its test for evaluating joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Among other situations, joint employer analysis is often critical to work arrangements involving staffing agencies and other outsourcing companies. The FLSA joint employer rule change takes effect on … Read more

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Reproductive Health Decisions

In January 2019, the New York Legislature passed a bill banning employment discrimination based on reproductive health decisions. The bill passed with bipartisan, though not unanimous, support. Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law on November 8, 2019, and it took effect immediately. Rationale for the New Law In December 2018, the New York City … Read more

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Prescription Drugs

I have been counseling companies on employment matters for approximately 12 years.  One thing that I have found to be consistent is that companies avoid engaging employment counsel until they feel it is an absolute necessity. However, in most scenarios, if counsel is engaged when you first learn of the situation, corrective action could be … Read more