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08.30.10Coffee and Paint Thinner Don't Mix
08.26.10Don’t Delay – Do It Today – Litigation Holds and Work Product Immunity Claims
08.20.10Contractual, Discretionary Bonuses Are Not “Wages” Under Connecticut Law
07.26.10Employer Obligations to Nursing Mothers
06.30.10HHS Begins Accepting Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applications
06.22.10Will Congress Overturn Gross v. FBL Financial Services?
06.22.10Supreme Court Allows Public Employer Search of Text Messages
06.08.10New Laws Enhance Workplace Protections for Family Violence Victims and Require Employers to Provide Leave
06.08.10Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors to Notify Employees of Labor Law Rights
05.21.10Day Pitney Alert: Connecticut Court Expands Scope Of The Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act
05.21.10Day Pitney Alert: PPACA's Early Retiree Reinsurance Program - Are You Ready to Apply?
05.19.10E-Verify Coming to New Jersey?
05.19.10Second Circuit Decides No Individual Liability Under ADA Retaliation Provisions
05.19.10Side Effects of Medical Treatment Might Be an “Impairment” Under the ADA
05.12.10Connecticut Legislative Update
05.10.10What it Means to be a “Grandfathered” Health Plan Under the New Health Care Reform Law
05.06.10New York Employers Have No Defense to a Supervisor's Harassment under the City Law
05.06.10Update: Interim Final Regulations Implementing Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Issued
05.05.10Paid Sick Leave Bill Remains Alive in Connecticut’s General Assembly
05.05.10The Debate Over Pre-Existing Condition Restrictions on Children
05.03.10Reimbursing Plan Sponsors for Early Retiree Health Benefits
05.03.10Be Wary of Unpaid Internships: They Could Lead to Trouble
04.29.10Day Pitney Alert: Connecticut and Federal Legislation Focuses on Worker Misclassification
04.22.10Congress Provides More Help to the Unemployed
04.20.10Warning for New Jersey Employers Who Pay Employees Under the Table
04.14.10Can New Jersey Employers Monitor Employees’ Personal E-mails?
04.14.10New HIRE Act Provides Tax Incentives to Employers
03.15.10ICE Tags Scores of Southern Employers for I-9 Compliance Audits
02.23.10EEOC Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Employers’ “Reasonable Factors Other Than Age” Defense Under The ADEA
11.05.09The New EEOC Workplace Poster
07.09.09Supreme Court Decides Important Reverse Discrimination Case
06.22.09Supreme Court Issues New Ruling Favorable to Employers
06.19.09Age is Different – Higher Burden of Proof for Workers
06.15.09Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Terminated Employees Must Be Paid For Unused Vacation
06.12.09No Winning for Losing in New York City
06.05.09Where Have All the Workers Gone?
06.05.09Connecticut May Be Next to Mandate Paid Sick Leave
05.28.09Chalk Up One for Employers – No Retroactive Application of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act to Pension Calculations
05.05.09Day Pitney Alert: Coming and Going to Work During a Pandemic: What’s an Employer to Do?
04.28.09Day Pitney Alert: EEOC’s ’Best Practices’ To Avoid Disparate Treatment Claims by Employees with Caregiver Responsibilities
04.14.09Day Pitney Alert: Proposed Federal Law Seeks to Provide 12 Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave
04.07.09Day Pitney Alert: Supreme Court Enforces Collective Bargaining Agreement Requiring Arbitration of Individual Bias Claims
04.01.09Day Pitney Alert: New Form I-9 For Employment Eligibility Verification Released (2009)
03.30.09Day Pitney Alert: The Wait is Over! Department of Labor Issues Model COBRA Subsidy Notices
03.19.09Day Pitney Alert: Employee "Free Choice" Act Introduced in Congress
02.20.09Day Pitney Alert: Summary of COBRA Provisions of the 2009 Stimulus Package
02.15.09Day Pitney Alert: Stimulus Act Expands Executive Compensation Limits for TARP Recipients
01.29.09Day Pitney Alert: President Obama To Sign Employee-Friendly Pay Bill Into Law
01.21.09Day Pitney Alert: Connecticut Clarifies FMLA Rules
01.21.09Court Doubles FMLA Damages Based on HR Professional’s Inaction
01.13.09Day Pitney Alert: Important News for Foreign Travelers: Advance Clearance Required for Trips to U.S.
12.12.08Day Pitney Alert: December 15 Deadline Approaches for Paid Family Leave Notification
12.11.08Day Pitney Alert: Federal Contractors Must Use E-Verify
11.26.08Day Pitney Alert: New FMLA Regulations
11.21.08Day Pitney Alert: Section 409A Documentary Compliance Deadline Fast Approaching
10.23.08Day Pitney Alert: Understanding the Initial Guidance on the Executive Compensation Rules under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA)
10.14.08Day Pitney Alert: Treasury Announces Executive Compensation Rules Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
10.02.08Day Pitney Alert: President Bush Signs Bill Significantly Expanding the Scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act
09.17.08Day Pitney Alert: NY Enacts State WARN Act
09.03.08Day Pitney Alert: New and Improved EPCRS!
07.11.08Day Pitney Alert: New Connecticut Law Imposes Broad Requirements on Businesses that Collect Personal Information
06.17.08Day Pitney Alert: Firing an Employee for Terminating A Pregnancy May be Pregnancy Discrimination
05.12.08Day Pitney Alert: New York Enacts Law to Protect Social Security Numbers
05.07.08Day Pitney Alert: Corzine Signs New Jersey Paid Family Leave Act
04.29.08Day Pitney Alert: Treble Damages Now Mandatory for Violations of Massachusetts Wage Statutes
04.18.08Day Pitney Alert: New Jersey Legislature Approves Paid Family Leave
02.26.08Day Pitney Alert: Department of Labor Issues Proposed Changes to FMLA Regulations
02.21.08Day Pitney Alert: Deadline For Many Employers To File Their Form LM-10 Is Approaching
02.07.08Day Pitney Alert: Expansion of FMLA for Military Families
02.05.08Day Pitney Alert: Employers Must Accommodate the Religious Beliefs of Their Employees and Applicants
02.05.08EEOC Race Cases On the Rise, Nooses Make an Ugly Comeback
01.07.08Day Pitney Alert: NLRB Rules That Employers Can Restrict Union Solicitation By E-mail
12.28.07Day Pitney Alert: The State of New Jersey Enacts a State WARN Act Counterpart
12.11.07Day Pitney Alert: H-1B Filing Date Draws Near
11.28.07Supplement to Day Pitney Alert Re: New Form I-9 For Employment Eligibility Verification Released
11.16.07Day Pitney Alert: New Form I-9 For Employment Eligibility Verification Released
11.09.07Day Pitney Alert: IRS Releases Dollar Limitations on Benefits and Contributions to Pension Plans for 2008
11.09.07Day Pitney Alert: Final Regulations for Qualified Default Investment Alternatives
11.09.07Day Pitney Alert: Mass Confusion: Update on Massachusetts Health Care Reform
10.16.07Extension of Section 409A Compliance Period - Sort of!
07.24.07Day Pitney Alert: New Jersey Governor Enacts Law to Protect Employees in the Construction Industry
07.16.07Day Pitney Alert: Firing New Employee Who Fails To Provide A Social Security Number Is Not Discriminatory
07.05.07Day Pitney Alert: Partial Plan Termination Guidance
05.31.07Day Pitney Alert: EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Employees Who Care For Relatives
05.20.07Major Changes to New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law Go Into Effect This Summer
05.09.07Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premiums Could Increase
05.01.07Weigh In On New Jersey′s Minimum Wage
04.25.07Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Advances
04.24.07Update On The Paycheck Fairness Act
04.20.07The Proposed Demise of the Non-Compete Agreement in Connecticut
04.18.07New Jersey Employer’s Appearance Policy Goes To Trial
04.17.07Is Your Company On The EEOC’s Watch-List?
04.13.07Employee Cannot Invoke Connecticut’s Whistleblower and Free Speech Statutes To Sue Union
04.12.07District of New Jersey Dismisses Employer Stock Decline Case
04.09.07THE COST OF A COUGH: CONNECTICUT PROPOSES MANDATORY PAID SICK LEAVE
04.06.07Employer’s Actions were Too Little and Too Late
04.06.07Employers Must Use the Revised EEO-1 Report Starting September 2007
04.04.07MCAD Gives Itself High Marks
04.03.07USCIS Announces that the Cap for H-1B Visas for 2008 Was Met On the First Day Filings Were Accepted
04.02.07Third Circuit Declines to Extend Fiduciary Exception of Attorney-Client Privilege to ERISA Insurers
04.01.07House Committee Recommends Bill Regulating Benefits Expenditures
03.30.07Conjecture and Speculation Insufficient To Sustain Race And Age Discrimination Claims
03.30.07District Court Reaffirms Federal and New York Law Governing Individual Liability in Race Discrimination Cases
03.29.07Certain Employer Statements Immune from Defamation Claims
03.21.07Sexual Photos and Radio Commentary Not a Hostile Work Environment
03.19.07Federal Appeals Court Upholds No Convict Hire Policy
03.16.07Employers Can Contractually Shorten the Statue of Limitations for Claims Under USERRA
03.09.07Deadline For Many Employers To File Their Form LM-10 Approaching
03.08.07Connecticut Proposes Raising the Stakes for Jerks at Work
03.07.07DOL Publishes Interim Final Rule on QDROs
03.07.07Critical Date For H-1B Filings Approaches
03.05.07Final Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Coverage and Wellness Programs
03.01.07Previous Periods of Employment Can Be Used to Meet FMLA Eligibility Requirements
03.01.07Major Reforms to the National Labor Relations Act Approved by House
02.28.07EEOC Unveils E-RACE Initiative
02.26.07Punitive Damages Are Not For General Deterrence
02.26.07New ADA Guidelines for the Health Care Industry
02.21.07New Employee Burden of Proof in NJLAD Retaliation Claims
02.20.07Changes in MCAD Procedures
02.16.07Asking An Employee About Retirement May Get You Sued
02.15.07DOL Amends Fiduciary Safe Harbor For Terminating Individual Account Plans
02.13.07New Jersey Jury Awards HR Exec $9.1 Million in Gender Discrimination Case
02.13.07Federal Paid Family Leave May Be Coming
02.09.07Day Pitney Alert: Section 409A Correction Program
02.07.07Can Employees Sue For On-The-Job Stress? New York District Court Says No!
02.06.07The Employer’s Role in the Event of an Influenza Pandemic
02.06.07Paid Family Leave May Be on the Horizon in New Jersey.
02.01.07Senate Amendments to Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007: Potential for Dramatic Impact on Design of Executive Compensation
02.01.07Discrimination Charges Are On The Rise
01.31.07Fortune 500 Company Pays $600,000 for ″Severe″ Race-Based Conduct
01.29.07Clear Repudiation Rule is Good News for Plan Fiduciaries
01.26.07Still Have Something to Say about the FMLA? It′s Not Too Late!
01.24.07Remember to Post OSHA Illness/Injury Summaries on February 1, 2007
01.22.07″Normal″ Pregnancy is not a Disability Under New Jersey Law
01.22.07New Depiction of Negligent Infliction
01.19.07NLRB to Rule on Employee E-Mail Use for Union Activity
01.12.07Federal Court Decision Provides Guidance on Individual Liability under New York Human Rights Law
01.10.07Notice 2007-7 Provides Clarification on PPA Provisions
01.02.072007 Unemployment Benefit Rates Announced
01.01.07NJ Workers′ Comp Rates Going Up
12.22.06NY′s ″Timothy′s Law″ Covers Mental Health
12.22.06Anti-Asian Remarks Did Not Create Hostile Work Environment
12.21.06New Jersey Governor and Legislature Bless Civil Union Law
12.19.06New Jersey Law To Protect Against Transgender Discrimination
12.19.06New Jersey Requires Background Checks for Independent Contractors in Certain Industries
12.19.06Lack of Qualifications Not Fatal to Claim of Failure to Hire
12.15.06′Tis the Season: Avoiding Holiday Office Party Liability
12.12.06The Power of the Blue Pencil - Connecticut Superior Court Exterminates A Six Month, Fifty Mile Non-Compete
12.11.06Presentation of a Doctor’s Note Is Not Protected Conduct Under the NJLAD
11.30.06Do You Have Something to Say About the FMLA? The Department of Labor Wants to Hear It.
11.28.06No Cause of Action Based on Sexual Orientation under Title VII
11.24.06Traveling On Business? Watch Out For New Passport Requirements.
11.24.062007 Covered Compensation Tables
11.21.06Statistics Sometimes Lie
11.20.06Court Forces Insurer To Pay-Out Under Workers’ Compensation Policy
11.20.06Paying For Qualified Transportation Expenses With SmartCards and Debit Cards
11.16.06Congressional Democrats Pledge To Raise Minimum Wage
11.16.06Wage Deductions for ″Cash″ Are Unlawful in New York
11.16.06Colitis: Not a Disability Under the ADA
11.14.06Senator Kennedy Expected To Chair Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
11.08.06"I Didn’t Know" Is Viable Defense In ADA Case
11.01.06IRS Increases 2007 Auto Reimbursement Business Mileage Rate to 48.5 Cents
10.31.06Hip-Hop Magazine is the Source of a Multi-Million Dollar Retaliation Verdict
10.30.06Disability Does Not Excuse Deviation From Company Policy
10.30.06Second Circuit Math: Supervisor PLUS Gender-Biased Remarks DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL a Hostile Work Environment
10.27.06When Dancing on Tabletops Comes to the Workplace
10.27.06How to Keep HSAs beyond ERISA′s Reach
10.26.06Department Of Labor Provides Guidance On Overtime Pay For Computer “Help Desk” Employees
10.25.06New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Rights and Benefits of Marriage
10.19.06NY High Court Rejects Religious Challenge to Contraceptive Coverage
10.18.06Grieving The Loss Of Her Job: Bereavement Not Covered By The FMLA
10.18.062007 Qualified Plan Limits
10.11.06Appeals Court Refuses to Pave Over Worker′s Compensation Bar
10.10.06Nothing to Blow the Whistle About
10.10.06Pension Protection Act Requires Distribution of Pension Benefit Statements
10.09.06On-Line Health Benefits Advisor Now Available
10.06.06Pension Protection Act′s New ″Small Employer” Pension Plan
10.03.06Pension Plan Liabilities Can Be Considered When Determining Investment Strategy
09.29.06NLRB Clarifies Definition of ″Supervisor″
09.29.06Impromptu Run-In With Transgendered Employee Not Sexual Harassment
09.28.06Pension Protection Act Impacts PBGC Variable Rate Premiums and Reporting Requirements
09.27.06Swift Action by Employer Checks Negative Fallout from Busted Relationship
09.26.06Investment Advice, Participant-Directed Plans, and the Pension Protection Act of 2006
09.21.06Zazzali Proposed To Replace Poritz on NJ′s High Court
09.18.06NJ′s Minimum Wage Increases To $7.15/Hour on 10/1/06
09.15.06NY District Court Ignores US Supreme Court And Follows Second Circuit Precedent
09.13.06Not Your Garden Variety Workers’ Comp Dispute
09.08.06OFCCP Nixes EO Survey Requirement
09.01.06401(k) Highlights of the Pension Protection Act
08.31.06Rumors That FMLA Leave Is The “The Kiss of Death” Result In Trial
08.30.06Court Squashes Age Discrimination And Handbook Claims Of Foul-Mouthed Employee
08.25.06Reverse Discrimination Claim Denied Because Of Employee’s Discipline History
08.24.06Can You Implement A Layoff After A Strike?
08.24.06Bonus Programs and the FMLA
08.22.06If Release is Good, Pre-Release Claims Will Fail
08.21.06The PPA′s Safe Harbor for 401(k) Automatic Enrollment
08.18.06President Signs Pension Protection Act
08.15.06Reading of “Vile” Racially Discriminatory Document During Trial Found to Be Prejudicial Error
08.15.06Second Circuit Rejects Application of Section 1981 Protections Abroad
08.14.06Plaintiffs Have Heavy Burden In Disparate Impact Age Discrimination Cases
08.14.06SOX Whistleblower Must Have “Reasonable Belief” Of Company′s Violation
08.10.06OFCCP Aims to Increase Enforcement of EEO Recordkeeping
08.10.06Time′s Running Out! EEO-1 Surveys Due 9/30/06
08.09.06Court Pulls Plug on Nurse′s Discrimination Claim
08.08.06Worldwide Ban in Non-Compete Is Overbroad and Unenforceable
08.04.06Employer Prevails in Italian-American Discrimination Lawsuit
08.03.06Pension Protection Act Passed by House and Senate
07.31.06No Cause for Quick-Acting Employer
07.28.06Volatile Employee Deserved Discharge
07.26.06Employers Can Change Their IMAGE
07.26.06EEOC & U.S. DOL Join Forces to Aid Workers with Disabilities
07.25.06Time After Time: Belated Wrongful Discharge Claims Can Piggy-Back On Time-Barred CEPA Claim
07.24.06Want to Comply with the ADA? Mind Readers Only, Please
07.21.06Pregnancy Discrimination Claim Against Airline Won′t Fly
07.20.06A ″Substantial Nexus″ To Public Policy Violations Is Enough To State A Claim Under CEPA
07.19.06NJ Supreme Court Confirms that Intoxication Bars A Workers’ Compensation Claim Only If It Is The Sole Cause
07.17.06Keeping Uniforms Clean - Just Another Cost of Doing Business
07.13.06Lateral Transfer ≠ Adverse Employment Action
07.11.06Using Debit Cards, Credit Cards, and Stored Value Cards to Pay for Eligible Expenses Under Health FSAs, HRAs, and DCAPs
07.06.06EEOC Probable Cause Determination Not Enough To Survive Summary Judgment
07.05.06Now You CEPA, Now You Don′t: Shareholders and Directors May Not Be Covered Employees
07.01.06Important PBGC Updates
07.01.06Match Point: Advice For Employers On Responding To No-Match Letters
06.30.06IRS Explains How to Calculate ″Amount Involved″ for Purposes of Prohibited Transaction Excise Tax on Late Deferrals
06.26.06The Government Violated Employees’ Rights By Pressuring Their Employer To Stop Paying Legal Fees
06.26.06NJ Appellate Division Provides Guidance to Employers On Post-Employment Temporary Workers’ Compensation Benefits
06.26.06You Can′t Go Back - Court Rejects Retroactive Adoption of Benefit Claim Procedures
06.26.06Office Gossip Does Not Create A Hostile Work Environment
06.22.06Supreme Court Lowers Standard For Retaliatory Action
06.21.06What′s In A Name? No Claim For FMLA Interference Where Employee Received Time Off Anyway
06.16.06OFCCP Issues Final Rule on Wage Discrimination and Contractor Self-Evaluation Guidelines
06.12.06Hostile Work Environment Claim Defeated . . . But Retaliation Claim Survives
06.08.06Third Circuit Seriously Considers “Serious Consideration”
06.07.06School′s Out! Don′t Forget Child Labor Laws
06.07.06Pro-Choice Advocacy Unrelated to Employment Not Protected by Title VII
06.01.06To Be Or Not To H-1B?
05.31.06Confidential Documents Properly Withheld From Union
05.30.06He Gaveth, Now He Can′t Taketh Away
05.25.06NY Court Nixes Postal Worker′s Discrimination Claims
05.25.06Third Circuit Upholds Employer Verdict in Age Case
05.25.06Rare Act of Senate Bipartisanship Passes Immigration Reform Bill
05.25.06Third Circuit Examines Top Hat Plans
05.24.06Unconventional Office Behavior Can Lead to Sexual Harassment Suits
05.24.06IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Dependent Care Expenses
05.19.06No Benefits for Independent Contractor
05.19.06Sept. 11-Related Workers′ Compensation Claim Highlights Statute of Limitations Issues
05.17.06Unemployment Decision Not Binding In Later CEPA Case
05.16.06Blog Policies – The New Employment Policy Every Employer Should Have
05.15.06The New IRS Employee Plans Correction Resolution System is Finally Here!
05.15.06Proposed Immigration Reform Has Steeper Penalties For Employing Illegal Aliens
05.15.06U.S. Supreme Court Decides Sereboff
05.12.06Health-Care Coverage for Kids Up to Age 30
05.05.06DOL Updates Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
04.28.06OTB Employee′s Age Discrimination Case Far From A Photo Finish
04.24.06Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees?
04.20.06It’s OK to Promote From Within
04.19.06EEOC Issues New Guidance on Race and Color Discrimination
04.14.06Affirmative Action Obligations in New Jersey
04.13.06New Jersey′s Indoor Smoking Ban
04.11.06Pharmacy Benefits Manager Not ERISA Fiduciary
04.04.06Employers Beware - EEOC Targeting Systemic Discrimination
03.20.06Statements in Support of Disability Benefits Do Not Bar ADA Claim
03.10.06U.S. DOL Says No Salary Deductions For Damaged Or Lost Business Equipment
03.02.06PBGC Premium Increase For Defined Benefit Plans
02.23.06Independent Contractors May Be Whistleblowers Too
02.16.06New York City′s ″Equal Benefits Law″ Is Struck Down: Preempted by ERISA
02.14.06Employee Picketers Unlawfully Suspended
02.10.06Workers’ Compensation: A “Common” Problem
02.03.06Employee’s Lawsuit Is Too Little, Too Late
02.03.06Boss’ Favoritism Toward Paramour Is Not Sex Discrimination...But It Could Be!
01.31.06Employee Surveillance ‘Bar’d
01.26.06Post-Hoc Excuse for Walking Off The Job Can’t Salvage Unemployment Claim
01.12.06NJ Whistleblower Amendments
01.12.06"Enron Amendments" Added to NJ’s Whistleblower Statute
01.03.06Child Pornography in the Workplace - NJ Employers Must Take Action
01.01.06NJ Identity Theft Prevention - Employer Obligations
12.06.05NY Identity Theft Protection - Employer Obligations