New York Employment Law Attorneys

BLG would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest law clerk, Melissa Esposito!

Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that took effect this New Year! https://tinyurl.com/m3f799ke

BLG Office Manager Rachel McCormick recently volunteered at the Interfaith Food Pantry in Thornwood, NY handing out holiday food items. BLG also made a donation to the pantry. Find out more about how ...

Boeing and the union representing about 33,000 Boeing employees in Washington State finally reached an agreement to end a lengthy strike. [i] The strike began over a month ago when workers rejected a ...

Patrick was recently selected as a SuperLawyer for the 10th year in a row!

Patrick spoke to St. John’s Labor and Employment Law Society recently about career paths in this exciting field.

BLG is pleased to welcome Nick Magliocco to the team.

This week The Boyd Law Group donated to the Dempsey Center - an organization that helps cancer patients and their families with free resources including therapy in a space designed to offer comfort. ...

Non-compete agreements have received a great deal of attention in recent years and the frequent updates on court rulings and the like can lead to some confusion. We receive inquiries on this subject ...

Happy Fourth of July! In celebration of the holiday, BLG made our annual donation to Cammo Center for American Military Music Opportunities, a program that helps Veterans and service members further ...

Read here to learn more about how the 8-1 SCOTUS ruling last week in the Starbucks Corporation v. McKinney case could affect union organizing efforts in America.

The adoption by many companies of a 401(k) plan was a revolutionary turning point for the United States in the late 1970s and offered a transition from pensions which had less utility to workers that ...

BLG wants to extend a warm welcome to summer legal intern Natalie Plosker!

The Boyd Law Group is happy to welcome Garrity, our newest law clerk!

There has been much talk, nationally and locally, about non-compete agreements and their relative enforceability. We receive phone calls from prospective and current clients on the subject every day. ...

J.D. Houvener and Matt Kulseth, two bright entrepreneurial lawyers, were kind enough to have Patrick Boyd as a guest on their Podcast this week to discuss founding a law firm, challenges and ...

Congratulations to Maxwell Popkin on Passing the Bar!

Employers and employees both should note these new changes to severance agreement/release enforceability in 2024! https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-york-extends-statute-of-limitations-4004740/

Welcome to our newest law clerk, Noorali, from the St. John’s School of Law!

BLG is proud to announce that Patrick Boyd has been selected as a Super Lawyer for the 10 th consecutive year!

We are excited to announce that The Boyd Law Group, PLLC has received the 2023 Platinum Client Champion award from Martindale-Hubbell. The Client Champion award recognizes attorneys for their ...

In celebration of the 4th of July BLG made our annual donation to CAMMO, a program that helps Veterans and service members further their careers in the music industry. BLG’s donation will be applied ...

Please stay tuned for our upcoming podcast on artificial intelligence with our guest Dr. Eugene Kolker.

BLG Connecticut Office Manager Rachel McCormick volunteered last week at D.I.G. Farm in North Salem, NY – a non-profit organization on a mission to reconnect communities to the natural good of the ...

The Boyd Law Group is happy to welcome Rachel Horowitz as our Summer Associate!

Congratulations to BLG Associate Dre for being admitted to the New York State Bar!

Based on charges BLG filed with both the National Labor Relations Board and the United States Department of Labor, we were able to secure a profitable result including reinstatement, back pay, an ...

For decades, the federal government has generally required that employers must pay their employees biweekly. However, the Appellate Division in New York in the Vega v. CM & Associates Construction ...

We are excited to announce that Patrick J. Boyd has received the 2023 Client Champion – Gold Distinction award from Martindale-Hubbell. The Client Champion awards are given to an elite group of ...

In a recent First Amendment case, Bennett et al v. County of Rockland, a group of public sector plaintiffs raised objections to relocation of the County Probation office. In response to these ...

The Supreme Court heard two cases this week, Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, which could have major effects on social media and speech. These cases will determine whether Section 230 of the ...

This week the state legislature passed the New York State Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) which will now be voted on in the Fall 2024 ballot. If the amendment is successful, New York would become the ...

Happy, happy holidays to you and yours from The Boyd Law Group team!

Please see our most recent podcast episode with Katie Schuhow, CPA, Audit Partner, RSM US LLP.

In July 2021, Florida became the first state to pass a law allowing collegiate athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) which previously was illegal under the bylaws of the ...

This past Monday, on Halloween, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two cases regarding whether affirmative action or race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North ...

On October 31st, the Supreme Court will decide whether race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are lawful. This decision could put an end to ...

BLG is proud to report that Patrick J. Boyd has been selected as a Super Lawyer again – this time for 2022!

Podcast hosted by Patrick J. Boyd of The Boyd Law Group, PLLC. Patrick is a labor and employment law attorney. In Episode 2 Patrick interviews Daren Jaime, an award winning journalist, tv host and pas ...

As we all plan for the end of summer, please consider this thoughtful article on the evolving prevalence and utility of remote work options. See the full article here: https://www.businessnewsdaily.co ...

Patrick met up with client and CEO Emanuele Gaeti at Sushi & Co for lunch this week. Both the company and food were great!

In March 2016, five key members of the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a federal complaint with the federal employment agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleging wage ...

Podcast hosted by Patrick J. Boyd of The Boyd Law Group, PLLC. Patrick is a labor and employment law attorney. In Episode 1 Patrick interviews Federico Foli a former CEO, current Chief Strategy ...

In honor of Memorial Day BLG will be donating a portion of our consultation proceeds from the last few months to the Center for American Military Music Opportunities. CAMMO is a program that helps ...

BLG is happy to welcome Maxwell Popkin to the BLG team. Mr. Popkin graduated with honors from the University of Florida and will be a third-year law student at New York Law School this fall. Maxwell ...

BLG is pleased to share that Patrick Boyd has been honored with the Top-Rated Lawyer award from AVVO for 2022. This is the sixth consecutive year Patrick has earned this recognition.

Happy Earth Day! BLG Connecticut Office Manager Rachel McCormick spent her morning volunteering at D.I.G Farm in North Salem, NY – a non-profit organization on a mission to reconnect communities to ...

The month of March did not kick off the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) season as it usually does. Instead, on March 1, MLB ownership announced that it was canceling regular season games due to a ...

This past week we filmed our first podcast with Chief Strategy Officer Federico Foli discussing employment law trends and his book on leadership. Stay tuned for the release of the podcast in the near ...

For the next two months, consistent with the Firm’s monthly donations towards charities, BLG will be contributing a portion of revenue to the David Gregory Labor and Employment Law Scholarship, which ...

See our most recent Blog about the mask mandate and its impact on the workplace and schools. https://www.theboydlawgroup.com/blog/2022/february/after-some-more-confusion-the-mask-mandate-is-ba2/

A New York state judge struck down Governor Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate on Monday, January 24, sending schools and businesses scrambling to quickly adjust policies. State Supreme Court Judge Thomas ...

BLG will be collecting a portion of our consultation fees over the next few months to make a donation to Save the Sound – a noble charity that protects and improves the land, air and water of the Long ...

BLG was happy to make a donation to this important and compassionate charity.

Another employment law whistleblower is coming forward, just like BLG’s client covered in the press a few weeks ago, and working with the government to prosecute unlawful retaliation. Employees that ...

Watch this video to learn how The Boyd Law Group’s whistleblower attorneys can help can help individuals protect their employment law rights when reporting an employer’s wrongdoing.

New York employment lawyers should be monitoring a change to the New York Labor Law which will meaningfully expand protections for whistleblowers making the state, in some ways, one of the most ...

In recent years, states throughout the nation have expanded protections for employees in the workplace. Most recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed two new bills (SB 45 and HB 21) that went into ...

Patrick J. Boyd is quoted by a reporter this week in an article relating to a Connecticut age discrimination ruling that was published by Law.Com. Read Article: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2021/0 ...

The Boyd Law Group is pleased to announce that Patrick J. Boyd again, received the top-rated lawyer award from AVVO - this time for 2021!

Congratulations to The Boyd Law Group associate Corinne Tierney who was just admitted to the New York State Bar.

At a celebration of the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), President Biden announced that long Covid will now be considered a covered disability under the ADA and other ...

Brandi Levy, a student at Mahanoy High School (MAHS), was finishing her freshman year when she tried out for and failed to make her high school’s varsity cheerleading team. When she was at an ...

BLG will be donating a percentage of its consultation revenue for the months of March and April to Ridgefield Operation for Animal Rescue - ROAR. ROAR was founded on the principle of providing animals ...

At The Boyd Law Group we pride ourselves on our unique in-house intake process.

It was a pleasure working with St. John's University School of Law and Federico Foli - Mindful Leadership Advocate, CEO and founder of Nexxpansion, and the Chief Strategy Officer of Axians NA, on the ...

Patrick J. Boyd moderated a panel last Friday for the New York State Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section. The group discussed the risks and benefits of working with the press in ...

We are pleased to announce that ThreeBestRated, an independent business rating site, has selected The Boyd Law Group, PLLC as one of the top three employment law firms in Connecticut. ThreeBestRated ...

The confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court, and the process that lead up to it set off a firestorm of controversies; Democrats accusing Republicans of rushing ...

BLG is proud to be a sponsor of the Ann's Place Festival of Trees this holiday season! You can find more information about their virtual event below. Ann's Place is located in Danbury, CT and the ...

Congratulations to Patrick J. Boyd for being named to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list as a labor and employment attorney for the 7th year in a row!

Yesterday, the New York Post reported on a recent age discrimination case brought by one of BLG's clients against Boyden World Capital, his former employer. Our client, Gray Hollett, was the chief ...

Please see our most recent video about the increase in workplace regulations and how BLG can help employers and small business owners.

We are pleased to announce that Patrick J. Boyd was recently named as an Avvo Top-Rated Lawyer for 2020. Patrick has received the award for the past four years in a row. AVVO ratings are unbiased and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought all professional sports to a sudden and unprecedented stop; Major League Baseball (“MLB”) paused its season during spring training, the National Hockey League (“NHL”) ...

BLG has been donating a portion of consultation fees to charities this year. We donated a percentage of May's consultation revenue to Black Girl Ventures. They sent us this " Thank You Video " which ...

BLG is happy to sponsor The Carriage Barn Arts Center's fundraiser - Art In The Windows - going on now in downtown New Canaan, CT. All proceeds go to local artists, CBAC and local businesses.

Recently, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provided employers guidance as to how best manage vulnerable employees and how these employees should be accommodated in the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led state and local governments to order businesses throughout their states closed in order to reduce the spread of the virus and its strain on healthcare systems. The ...

The unique challenge presented by the Coronavirus (“Covid-19”) pandemic has resulted in a flurry of legislative responses from the federal and state governments to mitigate the disruptive effects the ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) remains a challenge for the world and, in particular, the greater New York metropolitan area. The spread of the virus has required businesses to shut down or reduce their ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has directly affected governments, businesses, and individuals since it originated in China only a few months ago. Challenges will likely become more prevalent in the weeks ...

The global law firm, Jones Day, is currently embroiled in a gender and discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former associates against the firm. The former associates, all of whom are women, ...

California is again making waves in the employment community with its new freelance law which took effect on January 1, 2020. The law, Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), imposes several requirements on ...

In the aftermath of the two disasters involving 737 MAX aircraft which led to the tragic death of over 300 passengers, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was recently forced out in. Despite the problems ...

California recently enacted legislation aimed at allowing collegiate athletes to make money off their images and likeness. This legislation has the potential to upend the infrastructure of college ...

In late September of this year, a large group of Google contract workers voted to unionize with the United Steel Workers, under the name “Pittsburg Association of Tech Professionals” (PATP). This vote ...

We are pleased to announce that Patrick J. Boyd has been selected as a 2019 New York Metro Area Super Lawyer for the 6th year in a row.

Towards the end of September 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) released a series of guidelines to inform New York City employers what constitutes discrimination on the basis ...

On August 20th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new law that will substantially expand employment discrimination protections for victims of domestic violence. These protections will take ...

Negotiations between unions and management over new collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”) are usually contentious. Add in a corruption investigation affecting one of the largest labor unions in ...

When a public employee is a victim of employment discrimination, there are generally several ways in which he/she may pursue his/her claim. One method is by suing under Title VII of the Civil Rights ...

In June 2019, Connecticut (similar to NY mentioned in our previous blog post) introduced new employment legislation. Coined the “Time’s Up Act” this Act is aimed at combatting sexual assault and ...

At the completion of the 2019 session, the New York State legislature passed not just one but several bills that will have a significant impact on many New York employers – particularly those located ...

Amazon – it’s the company that we all know and love for its lightning fast shipping, often getting your orders to you as quickly as next day. Not only does Amazon offer its customers a more convenient ...

In 2019, New York employees can expect to see a dramatic increase in the protections they are afforded as whistleblowers. Two bills, one originating from the Assembly (A7384) and one from the Senate ...

New federal legislation, the Taxpayer First Act (TFA), has recently been enacted by Congress which provides protections for tax whistleblowers to curb retaliatory actions taken against these ...

The Boyd Law Group is excited to be a sponsor of the Carriage Barn Art Center's 39th Annual Photography Show. The event will take place at Waveny Park in New Canaan, CT from January 12th - February ...

On Monday, April 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States announced it would be deciding whether federal law prohibits employer discrimination against gay and transgender workers. Title VII of ...

The New York Times reported on two of our cases relevant to a developing area of New York City law. See Patrick Boyd's quotes towards the end of the article. Our brave clients are working with us and ...

In September 2018, twelve women told the New York Times that they had been sexually assaulted or harassed by CBS chief executive Les Moonves. Moonves negotiated his exit from the company shortly ...

In recent years, many employers have drafted policies compelling their employees into arbitration - requiring employees to resolve any employment-related disputes via a private arbitrator (or ...

New York regulators fined Barclay’s bank $15 million after CEO Jes Staley attempted to unmask a whistleblower in 2016. The whistleblower had anonymously written two letters to Barclay’s board ...

Last month the New York City Council passed legislation that requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide a lactation room for expressing breast milk. The new bill expands upon the ...

In 2011, the Obama administration set guidelines for colleges and universities to follow when handling sexual assault and harassment allegations. The Department of Education’s Civil Rights Division ...

A Connecticut woman recently won her lawsuit against an employer that rescinded her job offer after she failed a pre-employment drug screening by testing positive for marijuana. Plaintiff Katelin ...

Following a current trend, on August 10th, 2018 the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law a statute governing non-compete agreements, restricting their potential scope, and in certain ...

Colin Kaepernick’s grievance case against the NFL will be allowed to proceed after a recent arbitration decision in his favor. Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL alleging that team owners ...

The Boyd Law Group, PLLC just filed race discrimination and retaliation. The Me Too movement has had an impact here in New York. Recent changes in the New York State and New York City sexual ...

Recently, in Epic Systems v.Lewis, the Supreme Court upheld employment agreements that force individuals to arbitrate wage and hour claims. Employment contracts requiring individual arbitration ...

The Boyd Law Group, PLLC is happy to announce that Patrick J. Boyd was named as an “Avvo Top-Rated Lawyer” in 2018. Thank you to all of our clients who submitted reviews that made this award possible. ...

The Boyd Law Group, PLLC just filed race discrimination and retaliation complaints with the New York City Human Rights Commission against a salon that serves celebrities. An article referencing the ...

The Boyd Law Group, PLLC is happy to announce that Patrick J. Boyd was named one of the 2018 “New York Leaders In The Law” and featured in New York magazine. This special section of the New York ...

The Boyd Law Group, PLLC participated in REHAL V. WEINSTEIN AND THE NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, a panel discussion at the St. John’s University Manhattan Campus on Friday, April 27th, 2018. A ...

We are excited to announce that The Boyd Law Group, PLLC has received the 2018 Client Champion - Silver Distinction award from Martindale-Hubbell. The Client Champion awards are given to an elite ...

We are happy to announce that Patrick has been named to the 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list as a labor and employment attorney for the fourth year in a row. Patrick J. Boyd's Super Lawyer ...

The Boyd Law Group is happy to announce its successful defense of a commercial litigation brought against a longstanding and valued client, Fabric Branding, LLC. This action was initiated in the ...

We are pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year in a row Patrick Boyd was selected as a 2016 New York State Super Lawyer in the Employment Litigation category.