Nicholas M. Tamburri
Subscribe to all posts by Nicholas M. Tamburri
On July 7, 2015, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation to combat sexual assault on both public and private college campuses throughout New York. With a few exceptions, the provisions in the law will take effect within 90 days, on October 5, 2015. The law mandates the notation of disciplinary action for … Continue Reading
On June 17, 2015, the New York State Legislature passed legislation governing how colleges and universities address sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. The governor is expected to sign it promptly. With a few exceptions, the provisions will take effect within 90 days of enactment. The law further requires the Department of Education … Continue Reading
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (“VAWA”) amended the Clery Act by imposing new obligations on institutions of higher education under VAWA’s Campus Sexual Violence Act (“Campus SaVE”) provision. The regulations take effect on July 1, 2015 and impose a variety of obligations on colleges and universities. Each institution should examine its existing … Continue Reading
Last week, in Aguas v. New Jersey, No. A-35-13 (Feb. 11, 2015), New Jersey’s high court for the first time embraced the federal Faragher-Ellerth defense for claims alleging vicarious liability for supervisory sexual harassment under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”). Under the Faragher-Ellerth analysis—which the U.S. Supreme Court crafted almost two decades ago—an employer may … Continue Reading
Tennessee’s governor recently signed three new employment laws. The first, a social media law, takes effect on January 1, 2015,and provides applicants and employees with social media protections similar to those in fifteen other states.The second, a negligent hiring and retention law, designed to provide a measure of protection to employers that hire and retain … Continue Reading
Philadelphia recently amended the city’s fair practices ordinance to expand the protections against discrimination for employees based on pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. This alert examines the amendment, which took effect on January 20, 2014. Read the full text of this alert.… Continue Reading
On January 21, 2014, Governor Chris Christie signed S2995 to amend New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by expanding protections against discrimination for employees affected by pregnancy, effective immediately. The amendment makes pregnancy a protected characteristic under the LAD, expressly requires that an employer provide reasonable accommodation to an employee based upon pregnancy-related conditions when … Continue Reading
On December 5, 2013, the New Jersey State Senate introduced S-3064 to protect unpaid interns from employment discrimination by amending the Law Against Discrimination, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act and the Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act. New Jersey’s employment discrimination laws are already among the most expansive in the country, so if this new … Continue Reading
“Enough is Enough” – Governor Cuomo Signs Campus Sexual Assault Legislation
By Nicholas M. Tamburri and Susan D. Friedfel on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Higher Education, Workplace Policies and Procedures
New York State Passes Campus Sexual Assault Law
By Nicholas M. Tamburri and Susan D. Friedfel on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Campus SaVE Regulations Take Effect July 1, 2015: Are You Ready?
By Nicholas M. Tamburri and Susan D. Friedfel on Posted in Workplace Policies and Procedures
N.J. High Court Adopts Faragher-Ellerth Defense for LAD Sexual Harassment Claims
By Daniel Saperstein, Joseph O’Keefe and Nicholas M. Tamburri on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Litigation and Arbitration, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Tennessee Enacts Trio of Employment Laws
By Allison Martin, Daniel Saperstein, Joseph O’Keefe, Kelly Anne Targett and Nicholas M. Tamburri on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Hiring/Background Checks, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Philadelphia Latest to Protect Pregnancy, Require Reasonable Accommodation
By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker, Kelly Anne Targett and Nicholas M. Tamburri on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
New Jersey Expressly Protects Pregnancy, Requires Reasonable Accommodation
By Daniel Saperstein, Joseph O’Keefe and Nicholas M. Tamburri on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Workplace Policies and Procedures
The Beginnings of a New Trend? New Jersey Proposes to Protect Unpaid Interns From Employment Discrimination
By Carolyn M. Dellatore, Daniel Saperstein, Joseph O’Keefe and Nicholas M. Tamburri on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Wage and Hour, Workplace Policies and Procedures