Labor and Employment

By Brett Schneider In two companion cases, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently addressed issues involving an employee’s offsite use of social media to communicate with other [...]

On November 7, 2013, the United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)—proposed legislation that would extend federal employment discrimination protections currently [...]

The proposal comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013), in which the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act provision [...]

On September 12, the Department of Labor issued a clarification regarding its statement that law students may work as unpaid interns on pro bono matters at private law firms. Unpaid internships [...]

WSH Partner Brett J. Schneider has been elected as the President-Elect of the Human Resource Association of Broward County (“HRABC”) for the 2013 year. Prior to his election as President-Elect, [...]

On February 1, 2013, the firm obtained an arbitration victory for the Town of Bay Harbor Islands in a case involving a claim by the Dade County Police Benevolent Association (the “Union”) that [...]

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”) held that retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act must be proven under the traditional principles of “but-for” causation, [...]