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
As the year ends, we again review the most viewed New York Management Law Blog posts from this year. Did you miss any of the top posts of 2019? These posts reflect some topics that most interested New York employers in 2019. Do they also suggest what will be top of mind in 2020? Curious … Read more
A December 16, 2019 NLRB decision reinstated employers’ discretion to maintain confidentiality in workplace investigations. In 2015 the federal Labor Board had found that employees’ rights to communicate with each other generally trumped company secrecy in this area. The new ruling allows investigatory confidentiality to be the default, rather than the exception. Previous Standard In … Read more