Caroline Berdzik

In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System, decided on July 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. nullified...more New York employers should closely monitor several employment-related bills that cleared the State Legislature in the final days of the 2026 legislative session and are now awaiting Gov. Hochul to take executive action. These...more On May 14, 2026, the EEOC submitted a formal proposal seeking to eliminate the mandatory EEO-1 reporting requirements. No other publicly available information was provided by the EEOC other than the title of its submission to...more The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule (Joint-Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act...more