Rahool Patel

Jun 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Rahool Patel

A recent United States Supreme Court decision will make employers reexamine their transfer policies. On April 17, 2024, the Court unanimously ruled that a female police sergeant in the City of St. Louis, who was transferred out of a plainclothes position in the intelligence division and into a uniformed role in another division, had made the requisite showing of "some" harm necessary for her Title VII claim to survive the police department's motion for summary judgment. Muldrow v.

Jun 26, 2024 | mondaq.com | Rahool Patel

On January 10, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) published a Final Rule that establishes a totality-of-the-circumstances six-factor economic reality test to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Jun 24, 2024 | mondaq.com | Rahool Patel

The EEOC's New Rule and Interpretive Guidance Provide Greater Protections for Pregnant Workers and Require Employers to Navigate the Changing Regulatory Landscape Judiciously. On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule and interpretive guidance (the Rule) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The Rule was published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2024 and will go into effect 60 days later on June 18, 2024.

Jun 24, 2024 | mondaq.com | Rahool Patel

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a series of bills comprising the 2024-25 New York State Budget into law on April 22, 2024. New York employers should pay particular attention to Part M of the Public Protection and General Government Act (A-8305-C), which amends the state's Labor Law and establishes the nation's first-ever requirement to provide paid leave for prenatal care.

May 17, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Rahool Patel

Title IX, the section of the Education Amendments statute enacted in 1972, has once more been revised, but this time not for the better. Addressing sex discrimination and sexual harassment on college and university campuses inevitably raises vexing issues within an community of young people on their own, mostly free of parental restraints.