The Labor and Employment Podcast

Episode 17 of Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast finds host Ari Kwiatkowski and her Barclay Damon colleague Megan Bahas concluding their conversation about employee handbooks. They discuss recommended and optional policies for employers to include in their handbooks; some are helpful to clarify issues and others in case the need arises to defend employment-related claims. Ari and M...

Welcome to Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast , episode 16. This week, host Ari Kwiatkowski talks with Barclay Damon colleague Megan Bahas about employee handbooks. They start off with high-level questions, like, “When does an employer need a handbook?” “When don’t they?” “If you do need one, what should be in it?” Learn about how the number of employees, your industry, and your ge...

In episode 15 of the Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast, “Guide to Employee Handbooks: What’s New in 2022, Part 1, With Rosemary Enright,” host Ari Kwiatkowski welcomes back her Barclay Damon colleague to talk updates in requirements for employers regarding employee policies and handbooks. Are employee handbooks even required in New York? No, but for both employers’ and employees’...

In episode 14 of the Barclay Damon Live Labor & Employment Podcast, Ari welcomes back her Barclay Damon colleague Scott Rogofffor the last segment in their “Can I Ask That?” series. They discuss employee interviews, including preparation, question phrasing, and what to put in your notes (and what not to). They advise interviewers to aim for consistency and be an active listener, also sharing p...

In episode 13 of the Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast, host Ari Kwiatkowski welcomes back her Barclay Damon colleague Scott Rogoff to continue their conversation, “Can I Ask That: Job Postings and Applications, Part 2.” Ari and Scott explore questions that can (and cannot) be asked during the job application or interview process. Touching on what to do if an applicant volunteers...

In episode 12 of the Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast , host Ari Kwiatkowski welcomes Barclay Damon colleague Scott Rogoff for a three-part series: “Can I Ask That: Job Postings and Applications.” Ari and Scott lay the groundwork about the laws in play around job descriptions, applications, interviews, and job offers. They describe both traditional and newer protected groups of p...

In episode 11 of the Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast , host Ari Kwiatkowski introduces listeners to a Barclay Damon colleague, Brienna Christiano, as they discuss the two-part New York HERO Act (that’s the NY Health and Essential Rights Act), which addresses employees’ rights and employers’ responsibilities regarding occupational exposure to airborne infectious diseases. In this...

In this week’s episode, Ari welcomes back Rosemary Enright, Barclay Damon’s Labor & Employment Practice Group leader, to go over recent updates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines that have been adopted in New York State. Following up on their conversation from Episode 2, Ari and Rosemary talk about the difference between quarantine...

This week, Ari describes the key things employers should know about the “Key to NYC” and New York City workplace vaccination requirements, clarifying the two separate executive orders that former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued in December of 2021. She answers questions the public (i.e., patrons and customers) as well as employers and employees have regarding proof of vaccination. She al...

In episode 8, Ari gives an overview of the New York State mask mandate for employers, answering essential questions that business owners and management across many industries might have. Ari assures her audience that the podcast covers a lot about COVID-19 to keep everyone abreast of the quickly shifting environment that still exists. This episode provides the latest information, breaking news, wh...

In this week’s episode, host Ari Kwiatkowski covers the impact of breaking Supreme Court news regarding the OSHA vaccine mandate. Ari, an avowed SCOTUS nerd, reviews the reasons that the justices struck down the OSHA mandate, while upholding that of the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services. With their assessment, the Supreme Court said that OSHA overstepped its authority, veering into the...

In episode 6, host Ari Kwiatkowski gives listeners the low-down on what various types of employers should know if they aren’t covered by the CMS and OSHA COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Are you required to have a mandatory vaccination policy? Can you? Listen in as Ari explains the ins and outs of exemptions and accommodations—both for medical reasons and for sincerely held religious beliefs—and cur...

In episode 5 of Barclay Damon Live: Labor & Employment Podcast, host Ari Kwiatkowski continues her conversation on COVID-19 workplace issues, including vaccine mandates and New York State rules. In this third COVID-19 episode, and the second part of her conversation with colleague Michael Sciotti, they dig deep into the OSHA vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS). What does...

In this week’s episode of Barclay Damon Live: The Labor & Employment Podcast , host Ari Kwiatkowski gets answers from Michael Sciotti, partner at Barclay Damon. Ari and Michael explore topics related to COVID-19 vaccine policies and the OSHA emergency temporary standards (ETSs), including breaking news that the ETSs are now in effect after a recent court ruling. With such a quickly shifting la...

In the third episode of the Barclay Damon Live! Labor & Employment podcast, host Ari Kwiatkowski, of Barclay Damon, talks with another Barclay Damon colleague, Maggie Surowka, about current COVID-19 vaccine mandates and rules, with a particular focus on the health care space in New York state. Addressing recent mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the New Yor...

In Episode 2 of the Labor and Employment podcast, Ari Kwiatkowski of Barclay Damon welcomes her colleague and L&E Practice Group lead Rosemary Enright, of Barclay Damon. The conversation, entitled “Setting the Record Straight on COVID Sick Pay,” takes a thorough look at the new New York state laws regarding COVID-19 sick leave, including what information employees must share if they are ordere...

Introducing the Labor & Employment Podcast, with host Ari Kwiatkowski. In this brief intro, meet host Ari Kwiatkowski of Barclay Damon, and hear her briefly describe the format of this exciting new Barclay Damon Live podcast. With weekly episodes, each new segment will explore topics covering labor and employment matters, with a keen eye on ever-evolving legal changes of importance to all type...