Good faith and timing is everything in employment law, and a new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released today against the backdrop of that theme. In today’s episode, I pose 3 questions that employers should ask themselves in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news, address noteworthy decisions about the FMLA and political tweeting, and introduce a new emerging claim in employment law: “intersectional discrimination.”
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Michael C. Schmidt is the vice chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Department, and the office managing partner, vice chair, of the New York Midtown office, where he is resident. For more than two decades, Mike has concentrated his practice on representing companies and management in all facets of employment law, such as: (i) defense in litigation involving wage and hour (overtime and unpaid compensation), discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistle-blowing, non-competes and trade secrets, and disability and other leave-related issues; (ii) day-to-day counseling and in-house training on issues from hiring to firing, and other questions unique to his client’s industries and business; and (iii) drafting and reviewing employment agreements, termination and severance agreements, confidentiality and non-competes, and employment policies and manuals.
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