by Mark Gisler | Jun 5, 2017 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
A recent Non-Compete Article in the New York Times highlights a growing danger for American workers: restrictive covenants like non-compete and non-solicitation provisions. These “non-competes” as they are known in labor/employment law parlance have trickled down to...
by Mark Gisler | Nov 22, 2016 | Employment Law, Misc, Physician Employment Issues
Lucky you! You’ve just finished your residency and are considering various “real” job offers with hospitals and practice groups. Finally, a chance to be a full-fledged physician with a good salary and benefits and a chance to start to pay off your student loans. Among...
by Mark Gisler | Oct 20, 2016 | Cycling, Labor Law, Union Organizing
We are rooting for the bike couriers of New York City, who have recently formed the New York Messengers Alliance in an effort to harness their collective strength as they seek to improve their pay and benefits. There are some interesting parallels between these...
by Mark Gisler | Oct 6, 2016 | Clergy Employment Issues, Labor Law, NLRB, Union Organizing
NLRB Exerts Jurisdiction over Secular Teachers in Church-Operated Schools In two recent cases involving faculty bargaining units at Catholic universities, the NLRB evolved the test for determining whether certain faculty of church-operated schools come within the...
by Mark Gisler | Sep 26, 2016 | Athletes' Unions, Cycling, Labor Law
This fantastic piece by American professional cyclist Larry Warbasse raises some interesting issues that make it good fodder for our firm’s labor/employment law blog. To briefly recap the bike race situation: the La Vuelta a España’s is a revered 21-stage “grand tour”...
by Mark Gisler | Sep 6, 2016 | Arbitration, Labor Law
On Labor Day Eve 2016, the New York Times published an editorial criticizing the role of police unions during the current era of police brutality. While NYT is right to call out recent egregious police behavior and there is something to be said for taking union...
by Mark Gisler | Aug 24, 2016 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Two states in the northeast, Connecticut and Rhode Island, have recently joined other states in passing legislation limiting the use of non-competition provisions in physician employment agreements. The National Law Review provides a good summary of both new laws....
by Mark Gisler | Jun 15, 2016 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
The Wall Street Journal today reported on two cases of employers in two different states (New York and Illinois) who are being investigated for illegal/unfair conduct because they required their junior/entry-level employees to sign non-competition clauses in their...
by Mark Gisler | Dec 22, 2015 | Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Employment Law
Good employment agreements have clear dispute resolution provisions. These provisions inform the parties about the process of adjudicating contractual disagreements. They should set specific and realistic expectations about what will happen if the dispute resolution...
by Mark Gisler | Feb 9, 2015 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
Kudos to North American riders, who have recently created their own association (the Association of North American Professional Road Cyclists) and joined the membership of the Cyclistes Professionnels Associés. (See also, article in Velonews). The CPA is the...
