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Mitchell Schley

Employment Lawyer

With 25 years as a practicing attorney, Mitchell Schley formed the Law Offices of Mitchell Schley, LLC, a New York and New Jersey law firm specializing in the representation of employees and employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including litigation in the federal and state courts and in arbitration.

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• National Labor Relations Board Issues Proposed Rule to Limit Joint Employer Liability September 21, 2018
  
  On September 14, 2018, the federal agency that oversees labor practices nationwide, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), proposed a new rule that would redefine the standard for determining whether a company is considered a joint employer of its franchisees’ or another company’s employees. The proposed rule reverses a 2015 NLRB ruling in a case […]
• New Jersey Law Does Not Protect Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana from Employer Drug Testing Requirements September 18, 2018
  
  On August 10, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed an employee’s claims in Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., holding that neither the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (“NJCUMMA”) nor the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) required the employer to waive its drug testing requirements […]
• New Jersey Appeals Court Holds Sexual Harassment Claim Must Be Arbitrated, but Arbitration Clause Cannot Bar Punitive Damages August 30, 2018
  
  On August 23, 2018, a panel of judges on the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held in Roman v. Bergen Logistics that, while the plaintiff was bound to arbitrate her claims against the company, the clause in the arbitration agreement barring her from seeking punitive damages under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination […]

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