On March 25, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S2304, a bill intended to broaden the availability of access to benefits under the state’s Temporary Disability Insurance (“TDI”) and Family Leave Insurance (“FLI”) programs. The law targets epidemic-related illnesses such as COVID-19 and makes...
On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) began issuing implementing regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The first set of regulations state that the effective date of the FFCRA is April 1, 2020, not April 2, 2020 as originally...
On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201. The new law includes the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”), which provides paid family leave, and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...
Walsh attorneys Peter Pizzi and Eric Padilla authored an article in the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Employment Law Committee Newsletter. The authors address spoliation sanctions which are intended to “even the playing field” by ensuring that a spoliating party may not profit from its...
Walsh attorney Joseph L. Linares authored an article in Noticias, the official publication of the Hispanic National Bar Association. In the article Linares states, "The past decade has seen most states enact legislation permitting the medicinal use of marijuana. Indeed, over forty states and the District...
New York employers should take heed of New York Senate Bill S6577, which recently passed in the Senate and now awaits a final green light from Governor Andrew Cuomo before going into effect. Among other changes to the current law, the bill lowers the standard...
Drawing upon Walsh’s experience in New York employment and contract law matters as well as in the handling of close corporation shareholder disputes, the firm’s client prevailed in a four-year battle against a former employee who claimed entitlement to an equity interest in the client’s...
Following a two-day trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, a Newark jury found in favor of a physician and his medical practice accused of age discrimination. The physician, who specializes in endocrinology and internal medicine, was accused of engaging...
By: Kristin Spallanzani On June 4, 2018, the United States Supreme Court, in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a custom wedding cake ordered by a same-sex couple. The Court’s 7-2 decision vacated...
By: Kristin Spallanzani On May 2, 2018, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy signed the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act, which allows New Jersey’s private and public workers to accrue and use up to forty hours of paid sick leave per year. This new law...