At Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, workplace law is all we do – but we’re not your typical national law firm. Our clients tell us there is…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2021
This is an update to what we reported in December on the status of the “Public Charge Rule.” The rule remains in effect, but it is likely to either…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 19 Feb 2021
If you don't read his weekly "Go To Greg" workplace advice column in the New York Post, y…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 19 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated Jennifer Abruzzo, special counsel with the Communication Workers of America union, to be General Couns…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 15 Feb 2021
Last year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolled out for the first time a new electronic registration tool for H-1B cap cases as part…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 12 Feb 2021
Just because you can, should you? As most of our readers know, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in December that employers can legally…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 12 Feb 2021
Marty moves ahead! The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 18-4 yesterday to send the nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 9 Feb 2021
Before his inauguration, President Biden expressed his commitment to keeping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program alive. On his first…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 5 Feb 2021
Of course, the withdrawn General Counsel memoranda were relatively employer-friendly. The memoranda with…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2021
It’s already February, and time to remind clients and friends of a few big picture items that California employ…
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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 2 Feb 2021
In what it is referring to as “stronger worker safety guidance,” last Friday the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its new…