New York is an at-will employment state, which theoretically means employers can terminate employees for any reason at any time. However, there are statutory exceptions. These include whistleblower laws intended to encourage employees to report wrongdoing and protect whistleblowers from retaliation. What Is a Whistleblower? The origins of the term “whistleblower” date back to the …
Does your human resources department deal with love contracts? If you think this is a crazy question, then you probably haven’t gone down this road before. But these are real legal documents that some companies use when co-workers become involved in romantic relationships. Love contracts (or office relationship contracts) have never been overly commonplace. And …
On February 4, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set the stage to review whether it should exercise jurisdiction over charter schools. In two 2016 cases, the NLRB agreed to cover charter schools that are not political subdivisions–i.e., that are not traditional public school districts. At that time, the Board consisted of a majority …
