Jeffrey Rubin

May 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Nicolle L. Jacoby |J. Ian Downes |Jeffrey Rubin |Linda Dwoskin

Through two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII. The EEOC has published a final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that expands the pregnancy-related medical conditions that employers must accommodate, including fertility treatments, lactation, and abortion.

May 6, 2024 | lexology.com | Nicolle L. Jacoby |J. Ian Downes |Jeffrey Rubin |Linda Dwoskin |Tanya Warnke |Julia Canzoneri

Key TakeawaysThrough two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII. The EEOC has published a final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that expands the pregnancy-related medical conditions that employers must accommodate, including fertility treatments, lactation, and abortion.

Apr 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jeffrey Rubin |David Cosgrove |Diane Siegel Danoff |J. Ian Downes

After more than a year of considering tens of thousands of public comments, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has voted 3-to-2 to adopt a Final Rule (the “Rule”) that would effectively ban almost all employee non-compete agreements in the United States. The Rule purports to preempt all state and local laws that are in conflict.

Mar 11, 2024 | syracuse.com | Jeffrey Rubin |Joseph Murabito |Keith Chambery

Jeffrey Rubin is the co-CEO of Elderwood at Liverpool, a long-term care and skilled nursing subacute care facility in Liverpool,. Joseph Murabito is President at Elemental Management Group, which manages assisted living facilities, residential care centers, and rehabilitation and nursing centers across greater Central New York, including facilities in Oswego, Mohawk Valley, and the Finger Lakes.

Oct 25, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Alan Berkowitz |J. Ian Downes |Jeffrey Rubin

Key Takeaways In considering whether two entities should be considered a “single employer” for purposes of the WARN Act, the Fifth Circuit concluded that “the question of de facto control is of such importance that liability might be warranted even in absence of the other factors.” The Court found that the instant case—which involved the closure of a steel mill in advance of a bankruptcy filing without advance notice to employees—was one in which the exercise of de facto control alone could...