One of the realities created by the COVID-19 pandemic is that more employees are working remotely than ever before. This change raises legal and business issues that have caught many companies off...
Employment Law
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Updated to Include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Provisions
by Roberta Watson, Barry Salkin and Virginia Peabody This Law Alert serves as an update to the Law Alert sent out on March 19, 2020 concerning the paid leave and group health plan provisions of The...
Planning and Implementing a Temporary Layoff in the Age of COVID-19
During these uncertain times, layoffs, both long term and temporary, are on the rise. Naturally, it is very important for employers to plan layoffs carefully, even when they must be implemented...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
by Roberta Watson, Barry Salkin and Virginia Peabody Effective no later than April 2, 2020, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Sick Leave Act”) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave...
Five Steps to Help Avoid Mistakes in Light of COVID-19
Allowing employees to telecommute is an excellent accommodation. While this option supports continued business productivity, be sure to properly track the time worked so that you do not expose your...
10 Steps Employers Should Follow When Faced With Requests for Leave or Accommodation
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#METOO in Medicine
#METOO in Medicine -David Gabor, American Medical Association, January 20, 2020
The Change in the Equal Pay Landscape and its Impact on Employers
On December 6, 2019, the Second Circuit held that an employee does not have to show that she received less pay for equal work in order to prevail in an unequal pay claim. Instead, she only has to...
Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide
Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide - Katherine Brustowicz, Dannae Delano, David Gabor, Barry Salkin, Marcia Wagner and Roberta Casper Watson, Wolters Kluwer, December 2019
EEO-1 Component 2 Data Collection Reinstated, Again
In yet another turn of events in the ongoing EEO-1 Component 2 data collection saga, the EEOC’s self-declared cessation to collect the Component 2 data has been overturned by Judge Tanya Chutkan of...
DOL Finalizes Overtime Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor finalized its overtime rule which will become effective on January 1, 2020. Notably, the DOL increased the threshold for the FLSA overtime exemption from $23,660 to...
EEO-1 Report Update – Component 2 Data Filing Deadline Quickly Approaching
Earlier this year the EEOC announced it would reinstate the collection of EEO-1 Component 2 data, thus requiring employers to submit pay data broken own by job category, sex, race, and ethnicity....
Sweeping Changes to Connecticut’s Sexual Harassment Laws Will Have a National Impact
Connecticut recently made several noteworthy changes to its sexual harassment laws designed to help eliminate harassment, prevent retaliation against claimants and expand protection when claims are...
Dramatic Changes to New York’s Harassment Prevention Law
It is now much easier for employees in New York to assert claims of workplace harassment. In the past, in order to bring a claim of workplace harassment in New York, employees were required to...
Being Smart About M&A-Related Benefit Plan and Employment Issues
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Update on Requirement to Report EEO-1 Wage and Hour Data
As previously reported in our Alert published on March 7, 2019, a federal judge has ordered the EEOC to provide guidance regarding the collection of wage and hour data ("Component 2 data"). On...
Massachusetts Issues Proposed Regulations and Toolkit for Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
On March 29, 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (“DFML”) re-issued draft regulations on the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (“PFML”). DFML will hold at...
SJC Rules That Workers at Whately Farm Entitled to Overtime Pay
SJC Rules That Workers at Whately Farm Entitled to Overtime Pay - David Gabor, Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 15, 2019
EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Requirement Reinstated – OMB’s Stay Vacated
In September 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") expanded its collection efforts to include summary W-2 pay data and total hours worked by race, ethnicity, and gender from...
New York State’s New Employment Discrimination Law: GENDA
On February 24, 2019, New York state's Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act ("GENDA") went into effect. GENDA prohibits all employers with four or more employees from discriminating against...
Reminder for Massachusetts Employers: If You Care about your Noncompete…
There is generally a gnashing of teeth when a key employee leaves for a competitor, and that gnashing may evolve into weeping when an employer finds that its noncompetition protections are...
EEOC Delays Filing Due Date
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced that it has delayed the filing due date for the EEO-1 Report. The EEO-1 Report is a compliance survey mandated by federal statute and...
Is the Partial Government Shutdown Affecting Your Company?
As the partial federal government shutdown continues, more companies are being affected, directly and indirectly, and business owners, executives and human resources professionals need to be very...
Holiday Parties: Celebrate Safely!
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Preeminent Boston-Based Law Firm Expands its Litigation and Labor, Human Resources & Employment Law Practices With the Addition of Katherine Brustowicz
Preeminent Boston-Based Law Firm Expands its Litigation and Labor, Human Resources & Employment Law Practices With the Addition of Katherine Brustowicz - October 16, 2018 West
The Pendulum Has Swung in Response To #MeToo
Much has been written about the #MeToo movement over the past several months, and, justifiably, this will continue to be the case until such time as sexual harassment is no longer plaguing our...
Identifying, Securing, Developing, and Managing Great Talent
Identifying, Securing, Developing, and Managing Great Talent – David Gabor, webinar co-panelist, September 5, 2018 - Watch the presentation here
Seeking Younger Advisors? Don’t Break Age Discrimination Laws
Seeking Younger Advisors? Don't Break Age Discrimination Laws - David Gabor, Financial Advisor, August 30, 2018
Tightening-up Executive Compensation: Five Steps for Defusing Litigation Risks and Better Enforcing Restrictive Covenants
Tightening-up Executive Compensation: Five Steps for Defusing Litigation Risks and Better Enforcing Restrictive Covenants – David Gabor and Mark Poerio, Webinar, August 28, 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM...
A Penny Wise And a Pound Foolish: Lessons Learned from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolgencorp, LLC, d/b/a Dollar General Corporation serves as a critical lesson of what can happen when managers are not properly prepared. The Sixth Circuit...
Court Rejects Severance Pay Claim of Employee Terminated for Refusing Transfer
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (the "D.C. Circuit"), in Peck. v. SELEX Systems Integration, Inc., has affirmed a district court's judgment that a terminated employee was not eligible for...
Don’t Overlook Age Discrimination: Lessons Learned from the EEOC’s Report
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently issued a report about age discrimination that reads like a wake-up call. Essentially, 50 years have passed since the passage of the Age...
Workplace Sexual Harassment: New York Sets The Standard That Others Should Follow
Accounts of workplace harassment involving employees, entertainers, athletes, and students has been well-publicized in 2018. This publicity has led to the widely-known "#MeToo movement." Some states...
Morgan Stanley Complex Manager Exits After Allegations ($)
Morgan Stanley Complex Manager Exits After Allegations ($) - David Gabor, FUNDfire (A Financial Times Service), July 12, 2018
“Grand Bargain” Minimum Wage Increase in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has enacted a "grand bargain" minimum wage law that will gradually increase the state's minimum wage from $11 per hour to $15 over the next five years. Simultaneously, it will phase...
How to Best Manage Sexual Harassment in Medicine?
How to Best Manage Sexual Harassment in Medicine? - David Gabor, MedPage Today, June 10, 2018
10 Ways to Protect Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
10 Ways to Protect Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - David Gabor, Think Advisor, March 15, 2018
Sexual Harassment: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company and Your Employees
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Department of Labor to Pilot Self-Reporting Wage Violation Program
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has announced a new program that seeks to improve the often lengthy and difficult resolution process following an employer's violation of the...
Medicine must address #MeToo moment—and beyond
Medicine must address #MeToo moment—and beyond - David Gabor, AMA Wire, June 11, 2018
Office Holiday Parties: A Time For Cheers, Not Tears
Office Holiday Parties: A Time For Cheers, Not Tears - David Gabor, Employment Law Webinar, November 19, 2015 - View David Gabor's presentation here
Top Ten Lessons Learned from American Apparel
Marcia Wagner Welcomes Stephen Rosenberg to the Wagner Law Group & Names David Gabor as Partner
Marcia Wagner Welcomes Stephen Rosenberg to the Wagner Law Group & Names David Gabor as Partner, July 21, 2014
Mergers & Acquisitions: A Checklist from the Employment & Benefits Law Perspective
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Attorney David Gabor Named a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America
Attorney David Gabor Named a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, November 27, 2012
How Changes in Leave Laws Impact Employers
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The Wagner Law Group Expands Practice into Employment Law
The Wagner Law Group Expands Practice into Employment Law, August 8, 2011