April 29, 2024

Laurie Berke-Weiss Participates in NYU Law School Student's Presentation, "Clawback Across the Country"

Laurie Berke-Weiss recently was a commentator for a presentation by Samuel Ball, a 2L at NYU Law School, about his paper, “Clawback Across the Country”, a nationwide survey of “[c]ommon-law compensation forfeiture, which allows employers and others who have hired agents to recoup compensation paid to employees (or agents during a period where they have breached their duty of loyalty.…”. Sam’s paper includes an analysis of the “faithless servant doctrine” which is applied in New York to all employees.  The presentation can be viewed using this link, along with a draft of the paper.

Navigating Workers’ Compensation Concerns & Questions in the Age of COVID-19

April 21, 2020
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Understanding workers’ compensation relating to COVID-19.

Domestic Worker Rights in the Pandemic

April 20, 2020
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The hardest hit demographic during the coronavirus pandemic has been the world’s elderly population, but what can be missing from the reporting is the precarious employment of many domestic workers and senior caregivers whose work has been affected by the lockdowns. Domestic care workers are eligible for unemployment insurance in New York, and we encourage those who have been laid off to apply.

COVID-19: Know Your Rights Training for Law Students

April 17, 2020
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Watch this recorded presentation delivered by Associate Alex Berke to the Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 16, 2020. Alex discussed frequently asked COVID-19 legal questions.

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