By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. On November 18th, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 1-B/SB 2-B, requiring employers to provide five exemptions for ...
The Ward is Law
To Vax or Not to Vax
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. You take the good/ You take the bad/ You take them both/ and there you have/ The Vax of Life. The Vax of Life. Late in ...
Critiquing Employees as Being “Motherly” – Not a Great Idea
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. Cigar City Motors learned this the hard way after they were made to pay $500,000 in punitive damages following a sex ...
Fair Warning for NYC’s Fair Chance Act
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. Fair Warning for NYC’s Fair Chance Act Last year, New York City amended its Fair Chance Act (FCA), which is intended to make it ...
Florida Supreme Court: What’s Good for the Insured, is Good for the Insurer
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. Recently, the Florida Supreme Court overturned two lower court decisions and ruled in Arch Insurance Co. v. Kubicki Draper, LLP ...
LGBTQ Ruling Turns One – and EEOC is Here to Celebrate
By Jennifer Ward, Esq. They grow up so fast! The Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton decision just turned one, and that means decorations, a smash cake, ...
The Ward Report – New EEOC COVID Guidance
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. The Gift that Keeps on Giving Rather than surprise us with a Japanese luxury automobile for the holidays, the EEOC gave us the ...
Aspire Health Agrees to Pay $115,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. In addition to the $115,000 payment, Florida’s largest non-profit behavioral health organization must also make certain internal ...
The Ward Report – New Jersey COVID Business Protocols
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. After getting over this election hangover, we’re back to your regularly scheduled COVID programming! We’re gonna kick things off ...
2020’s Been Scary Enough for Employers
By: Jennifer Ward, Esq. Don’t Let Halloween Make it Even More So We’ve dealt with quite a few changes over the past year. Unfortunately, one thing that ...