By John Ottaviani The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we have prepared a series of articles discussing some of the more important...
By John Ottaviani The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we have prepared a series of articles discussing some of the more important legal...
By Alicia J. Samolis PS&H Partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, Alicia Samolis, regularly counsels employers on how to handle the tricky COVID-19 questions employees are asking and was consulted recently by Providence Business News for her insight into the same. Many employees are concerned that their employer’s safety practices might not protect them....
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborDefining Sex – The U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Sexual Orientation and Transgender Status Are Protected Under Title VII
June 25, 2020
In a much-anticipated decision, earlier this month, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court”) held that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”). While Bostock will not have as much of an impact in states that already have...
By John Ottaviani The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we have prepared a series of articles discussing some of the more important...
Employment & LaborNewsEmployers At Greater Risk Of Facing Collective FLSA Actions in Remote Forums Under New Ruling
June 25, 2020
PS&H Partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, Alicia Samolis, was quoted in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly commenting on a recent decision from U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton in Boston. In Waters v. Day & Zimmerman NPS, Inc., the Massachusetts Federal District Court was confronted with the question of whether employees who would not...
Press ReleasesPartridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Recognized in Professional Excellence Law Issue In Rhode Island Monthly
June 24, 2020
PSH is proud to be represented by the attorneys recognized in the Professional Excellence Law 2020 awards section in the June issue of Rhode Island Monthly. The honorees are nominated and chosen by their peers, as leading local attorneys in their respective areas of practice, from general counsel and personal injury to civil litigation and criminal defense....
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborFFCRA Child Care Leave During Summer Vacation – What’s The Rule?
June 16, 2020
In March, Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) to provide employees with paid sick leave (collectively, “FFCRA leave”) if they are unable to work (or telework) because they need to care for their son or daughter if (a) such son or daughter’s school or place of care is closed, or (b) the...
Client AlertsCommercial FinanceFederal Reserve Board Expands Municipal Liquidity Facility Eligibility
June 15, 2020
By Eugene G. Bernardo II and David M. DiSegna The Federal Reserve Board has expanded the number and type of governmental entities eligible to utilize the Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) that was established to help state and local governments manage cash flow pressures caused by the coronavirus. Under the revised eligibility requirements, all states will...
COVID Furloughs, Layoffs or Job Modifications May Void Your Existing Non-Competition Agreements With Rhode Island and Massachusetts having recently commenced Phase 2 of each of their respective “Reopenings,” more and more employers are currently bringing employees back to work who had been previously furloughed or laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers are also...
