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Rocky Mountain High: Colorado High Court to Weigh in on Employers’ Ability to Enforce Drug Policies in the Face of State-Sanctioned Off-the-Clock Marijuana Use

February 6, 2014 | Blog

Last week the Colorado Supreme Court decided to review a 2013 appellate court decision holding that Colorado employers may lawfully terminate employees for their off-duty use of medical marijuana even if they are not impaired on the job.
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State Of The Union – What Are The Ramifications Of Northwestern University Football Players Seeking Union Recognition?

February 4, 2014 | Blog

Members of the Northwestern University football team have signed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking recognition as a collective bargaining unit.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury Issue Proposed Regulations Governing “Excepted Benefits”

February 3, 2014 | Blog

Another important ACA-related alert from Alden J. Bianchi: this time regarding the important changes related to the regulation of “excepted benefits.”
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The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 47: The Reporting Conundrum

February 3, 2014 | Blog

The W-2 reporting rules have been in effect for a while, and I do not address them in this post. This post instead addresses Code §§ 6055 and 6056, which were originally slated to take effect in 2014, but which were subsequently delayed by one year in IRS Notice 2013-45.
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Tax Court Provides Color on “For Cause” Termination Under Code Section 83

February 3, 2014 | Blog

Our tax law colleague, Jonathan Talansky, discusses a recent tax court decision discussing that dreaded concept of “substantial risk of forfeiture” under section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Seattle Seahawks Headed for a Super Bowl Victory? Yes, if City's Unemployment Rate and Apes Have Anything to Do With It

January 31, 2014 | Blog

That's what one study by RiseSmart, a outplacement and recruiting firm, suggests. According to the study, the team hailing from the city with a lower unemployment rate prevailed in 20 of the last 25 Super Bowls.
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Is Putting on and Taking off Protective Gear Compensable? Supreme Court (Ad)dresses that Issue in Latest Ruling

January 30, 2014 | Blog

This week the Supreme Court held that time unionized workers spend putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) personal protective gear is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The decision comes on the heels of a recent rise in donning and doffing collective action cases and will have a significant impact on employers with unionized employees.
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Uber employees?

January 29, 2014 | Blog

Market disrupters always make news. Uber, which claims to be a tech company, created a smart-phone application that connects drivers of “black cars”, or livery cars, with passengers, and processes the payment with the passenger’s pre-registered credit card, all in exchange for 20% of the fare.
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Updated: New York City Looks to Expand its Paid Sick Leave Law Before it Takes Effect in April 2014

January 22, 2014 | Blog

Today, as expected, the City Council formally introduced a bill to amend its existing paid sick leave law.  You can access the proposed amendments here.
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CLE Seminar (January 29, 2014): Avoiding and Mitigating Wage & Hour Claims in 2014

January 22, 2014 | Blog

We have a few open spots left, so we thought we'd pass along an invite for a wage and hour seminar we are hosting one week from today, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at our New York office.  Program description below.  In person registration is from 7:30-8:00am and seminar will take place from 8:00-9:30am. We hope you can join us.
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The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 49: Waiting for the Final Code Section 4980H Regulations

January 21, 2014 | Blog

Final regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act’s rules governing shared responsibility of employers were widely expected to have “dropped” before the beginning, or perhaps during the first week, of 2014. These regulations implement arguably the most important of the Act’s provisions affecting (large) employers.
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MA Appeals Court Narrows but Otherwise Keeps Intact Individual Liability Under the Wage Act

January 21, 2014 | Blog

A recent decision from a Massachusetts appeals court should give some Massachusetts managers and directors one less thing to worry about.
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Why A-Rod Faces Long Odds in His Attempt to Overturn the Grievance Arbitration Award

January 21, 2014 | Blog

On Saturday January 11, 2014, arbitrator Frank Horowitz reduced Alex Rodriguez’s suspension from 211 games to 162 games (plus any 2014 post-season games) for his use of performance enhancing drugs (“PEDs”) and obstruction of the MLB’s investigation into his use of PEDs.
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New York City Looks to Expand its Paid Sick Leave Law Before it Takes Effect in April 2014

January 20, 2014 | Blog

Mayor Bill de Blasio and incoming Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito recently announced at a joint press conference that the New York City Council will look to expand the Earned Sick Time Act in the coming days. The Council enacted the paid leave law last year and it is currently scheduled to go into effect in April 2014.
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Is New Jersey’s “Need Not Apply” Law Prohibiting Employers from Publishing Ads Discouraging Unemployed Job Seekers from Applying Constitutional? Yes, Says Court

January 15, 2014 | Blog

New Jersey’s Appellate Division last week upheld a 2011 statute (N.J.S.A. 34:8B-1) that bars employers seeking to fill job vacancies in New Jersey from knowingly publishing advertisements stating that job applicants must be currently employed in order for their applications to be considered.
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Winter Weather Woes: What are My Obligations to Pay Employees During Inclement Weather?

January 15, 2014 | Blog

Last week’s “polar vortex” brought record low temperatures to many parts of the country and shut down offices in numerous cities. Estimates suggest that the frigid weather could cost the U.S. economy up to $5 billion.
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Three Hot Topics Addressed by Recent FAQs: ACA Cost Sharing, Wellness Programs and the MHPAEA

January 14, 2014 | Blog

The FAQs generally address questions relating to what items and services can be excluded from the annual out-of-pocket maximum and how to determine the out-of-pocket maximum in 2014 and later years.
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The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 50: Wellness Programs, Affordability, and Premium Tax Credits

January 13, 2014 | Blog

The Affordable Care Act imposes a series of interrelated requirements on individuals, employers and providers.  Individuals must maintain coverage or face the prospect of a tax penalty; carriers must offer and renew coverage.
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Massachusetts Federal District Court Decision Reminds Employers Yet Again That They Should Not Trifle With the Independent Contractor Law

January 10, 2014 | Blog

Not gonna happen. That’s what the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts basically concluded about independent contractor arrangements in Massachusetts. In Anderson v. Home Delivery America, plaintiffs delivered Sears and K-Mart products for Home Delivery America (“HDA”).
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New York Employers – 2013 Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2014

January 6, 2014 | Blog

“Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.” While the author to this famous New Year’s quote remains unknown, that certainly doesn’t make it any less true, including for employers.
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