What plans are covered by ERISA? The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), technically covers any “employee benefit plan”, so long as it is established or maintained by an “employer” or by an employee organization, or by both, and covers at least one “employee”. An employee benefit plan, in turn, includes […]
Below, he speaks about practicing as an independent expert witness and how he devises a loss of earning report in civil litigation cases. You have practised as an independent expert witness employment analyst and career profiler since 1989; how have you seen the field change over your time of working? It has changed considerably. When […]
Across a wide variety of sectors, the growth of the AI industry and the intricacy and complexity of tasks that are now being assigned to “robots” and automated systems are beginning to cause concern.
In Italy, the issue is very complex: in fact, we need to find a link between European regulations, national ones, and the provisions that the social partners have included in collective agreements. A possible solution roots back in the 1970s, i.e., in Article 8 of Law 300/1970: the processing of personal data prior to recruitment […]
Talking to the award-winning employment lawyers at Phillips & Associates, we learn what rights the LGBT+ community have and what laws protect them from harassment at work. Do members of the LGBT+ community have protections against discrimination in employment? Employees who are part of the LGBT+ community are generally entitled to protection from harassment in […]
It is an employer’s responsibility to ensure the safety of their staff while at work, ensuring that the workspace is safe, secure and is compliant with health and safety regulations.
Have there been any recent or notable developments in your jurisdiction in terms of conducting business and employment law? Has this affected your firm? One recent measure which significantly impacted employment regulations and, hence, the Italian labour market and companies’ organisation, was the so-called Dignity Decree (Decree Law 87/2018), also due to, among other things, […]
In what cases can you be fired due to sickness? New York is an at-will state, so employees can be fired for any legal reason: a good reason, bad reason or no reason. This generally includes being sick. However, if an employee’s “sickness” constitutes a disability, anti-discrimination laws may apply. For example, federal law defines […]
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