In December 2022, the New York City Council introduced the Secure Jobs Act. The Act attempts to redefine the long-established system of at-will employment by requiring New York City employers to provide “just cause” before firing an employee. The Act builds on December 2020 legislation that imposed similar restrictions within the fast food industry

As the health care industry as a whole comes to grips with the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, here at Reed Smith we have formed a Reproductive Health Working Group to bring expertise from the across our many specialty areas to help our clients to prepare for the post-Dobbs reality.

To that end, we have generated a series of “unanswered questions” client updates to reflect the issues that a Roe reversal may have for the health care industry. Earlier posts on this blog have shared the parts of that series that focused on pharmacieshealth care providers, and fertility practices, and employee benefit plans.

The Working Group has put together two new updates to branch into the employment and privacy areas.Continue Reading Unanswered Questions on Privacy and Employment from Supreme Court Overturn of Roe v. Wade