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07.11.2023
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Major Decision on Religious Accommodations and Forcing Employees to Work on Days of Observance
(Click here to view the PDF) The United States Supreme Court issued a major decision at the end of its 2022/2023 Term, which will have far-reaching implications on any employer who tries to force employees to work on their day of religious observation (whether the Sabbath or otherwise). On June 29, 2023, in a rare unanimous […]
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07.10.2023
New York Aims to Become the Fifth State to Join the Non-Compete “Ban” Wagon
(Click here to view the PDF) The New York State Assembly reconvened last month and passed a bill (A01278B) banning all non-compete agreements which, if enacted, would prohibit almost all new employee non-compete agreements, regardless of salary level or job function. Strikingly, the proposed legislation does not contain an exception for situations involving the sale […]
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06.06.2023
NLRB Signals Intent to Invalidate Many Employee Non-Compete Agreements
(Click here to view the PDF) The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, sent a strong signal that the Board will be attempting to invalidate many employee non-compete agreements, as part of its power to enforce the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Although it remains to be seen if this position will be […]
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02.13.2023
Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Signed into Law
(Click here to view printable PDF) On Monday, February 6, 2023, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill, A1474, providing a number of far-reaching and new protections for temporary workers, and also imposing new requirements on temporary staffing agencies and their clients. The law is intended to help remedy the effects identified in […]
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Meghan O'Brien
Meghan is an associate in the Labor & Employment practice group where she advises and represents employers in a broad range of matters from daily counseling through litigation. Before joining Archer, Meghan received her law degree from New York Law School where she was a member of the New York Law School Law Review and the Securities Arbitration Clinic. During law school, Meghan served as a judicial extern in the New York State Supreme Court and worked in the mediation unit of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Meghan represented her school in the 2019 International Chambers of Commerce Mediation Competition in Paris, France. She has a Certificate in alternative dispute resolution and remains committed to the field of conflict avoidance, management and resolution.