by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 18, 2024 | Labor and Employment, Lawsuits
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on several protected classes (like race, sex, and religion). Courts had previously held that the impact to the employee claiming discrimination had to be a “significant...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 23, 2024 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment, Lawsuits
On Tuesday, I was honored to speak to a joint meeting of the Reitman Employment Inn of Court and the Garibaldi ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Inn of Court. Inns of Court are statewide groups with members from the bar (lawyers) and bench (judges). The Inns act as...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 29, 2021 | Labor and Employment
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted into law to help people who are sick or who have family members who are sick take time to address the illness and not lose their job. A recent case, Kirby Smith v. Yelp (No. 20 CV 1166, United States District Court,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 2, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adjusted to the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic by converting to holding mediations via video conference. This was initially done under a six-month pilot program that started in July 2020. The EEOC just announced the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 10, 2020 | Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for administering several federal laws regarding discrimination complaints in the workplace. The EEOC tries to mediate as many cases as possible, as roughly 70% of mediated cases settle. I mediate...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 8, 2018 | Labor and Employment
I recently wrote about efforts in NJ to limit non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment settlements. With the recent sweeping tax code changes signed into law in late 2017, the deductibility of sexual harassment settlements with non-disclosure clauses is now...