On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued a final rule designed to promote competition and new business formation that, when effective, will impose a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements across all industries.

Existing non-compete agreements for employees will become unenforceable. Existing non-competes for senior executives can remain in force, but employers

In the current age of social media, employers have begun to increasingly rely on digital platforms to screen prospective employees.

In an effort to address the growing concerns over privacy and the use of social media in employment decisions, New York has recently implemented a new law to protect employees’ and job applicants’ social media

Kenneth Novikoff’s issue of the Employment Law Reporter was published in the Employee Relations Law Journal Summer 2024.

The column discusses a number of recent employment discrimination cases and cases involving complaints stemming from non-competition agreements.

Read the full column here.

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:

• A federal district court in New York has dismissed employment discrimination claims brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, finding that the plaintiff failed to meet the

Kenneth A. Novikoff’s Summer issue of the Employment Law Reporter was published in the Employee Relations Law Journal Summer 2023.

This column discusses a number of recent employment discrimination cases and cases involving complaints stemming from non-competition discrimination agreements. All of the decisions analyzed in this column are by New York courts – federal and

Here is what we cover in this issue of Employment Law Reporter Autumn 2023:

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing a plaintiff’s employment discrimination and defamation claims arising from her termination.
• The U.S. District

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:

• A New York trial court has ruled that the purchaser of a medical practice could not enforce a noncompete provision contained in the purchase agreement after the purchaser breached the agreement by failing to make required payments.
• A New York trial

One of the many new provisions enacted as part of the 2023-2024 New York State Budget was an increase in the minimum wage for home care workers.

Initially, it is important to note that the $1 hourly increase in the minimum wage for home care workers in New York State, slated to take effect October

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:

• A federal court in New York has ruled that all five causes of action in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee of the New York City Department of Education should be dismissed.
• The U.S. District Court for the

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:

• The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed claims under Title I, Title II, and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and claims under the Rehabilitation Act against a non-profit corporation that provides job