Labor and Employment

On June 18, 2015, Partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group, Brett Schneider presented a webinar sponsored by the Florida Public Human Resource Association.  Brett [...]

The Firm was very happy to co-sponsor the 2015 Legal Seminar for the Human Resource Association of Broward County.  Brett Schneider, our Labor & Employment Department Chair and Past [...]

The Affordable Care Act, which has become known as Obamacare, enters into its second year.   The stipulation that all employers with 50 or more workers must offer health insurance is [...]

Although Election Day results are in, and the medical marijuana bill was defeated, the issues of using marijuana for health reasons won’t go away.   Workplace writer for the [...]

By Brett Schneider In two companion cases, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently addressed issues involving an employee’s offsite use of social media to communicate with other [...]

On November 7, 2013, the United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)—proposed legislation that would extend federal employment discrimination protections currently [...]

The proposal comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013), in which the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act provision [...]

On September 12, the Department of Labor issued a clarification regarding its statement that law students may work as unpaid interns on pro bono matters at private law firms. Unpaid internships [...]