Christina S. Dumitrescu
Subscribe to Christina S. Dumitrescu's PostsChristina S. Dumitrescu focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. She represents clients in matters involving theft of trade secrets, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, claims of violation of noncompetition agreements and other restrictive covenants, claims of discrimination and retaliation. Christina has experience in matters including violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, ERISA, whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, and Defend Trade Secrets Act. She also counsels clients on various employment law-related issues, including compliance with federal, state and local anti-discrimination and harassment laws, reductions in force, and drafts employee handbooks. Read Christina Dumitrescu's full bio.
New Nationwide Ban Against Enforcement of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Sexual Misconduct Cases
By Yesenia M. Gallegos and Christina S. Dumitrescu on Feb 17, 2022
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment
On February 10, 2022, the US Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the Act), a bipartisan bill that invalidates and renders unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements in any case alleging sexual assault or sexual harassment. The US House of Representatives passed a version of the bill on...
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NYC Announces Vaccine Mandate for All Employers Effective December 27, 2021
By Abigail M. Kagan, Stephania Sanon, Christina S. Dumitrescu, Lindsay Ditlow and Michelle S. Strowhiro on Dec 14, 2021
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans
On December 6, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all New York City employers, regardless of size, will be required to impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates on all employees (subject to legally protected exemptions) by December 27, 2021. This new vaccine requirement is in addition to the City’s existing COVID-19 vaccination mandate...
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Deadline for NY Employers: Workplace Safety Plan Due October 6, 2021
By Abigail M. Kagan, Christina S. Dumitrescu, Michelle S. Strowhiro and Lindsay Ditlow on Sep 17, 2021
Posted In Employment
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health” under the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act. This designation means that all New York employers must activate the workplace safety plans that they developed...
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New York State Department of Labor Publishes Standard for Prevention of Airborne Infectious Diseases
By Lindsay Ditlow, Christina S. Dumitrescu and Abigail M. Kagan on Jul 15, 2021
Posted In Employment, Health and Welfare Plans
On July 6, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published its Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard (Standard), as required under the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act. Under the Standard, employers with worksites located in New York are required to either adopt the NYSDOL’s model exposure prevention plan or...
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Global Employment Law Update
By Lindsay Ditlow, Michael J. Sheehan, Mark Meredith and Christina S. Dumitrescu on Jun 30, 2021
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employment, Fiduciary and Investment Issues, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor, Privacy and Data Security, Retirement Plans
Employment law continues to evolve, and it can be a challenge amid an ever-changing landscape of local employment laws for human resources executives and employment counsel at multinational businesses to maintain a consistent global corporate culture. McDermott’s Global Employment Law Update brings you the key highlights from across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin and North America....
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Employers Should Prepare for New York’s Most Stringent Workplace Safety Law
By Lindsay Ditlow, Abigail M. Kagan and Christina S. Dumitrescu on May 19, 2021
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment, Labor
On May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act, which imposes stringent new workplace safety requirements for all employers in New York. The law is expected to take effect on June 4, 2021. Access the article.
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COVID-19 Global Guide for Business Provides Important Information for Employers about Reopening
By Brian S. Cousin, Manuel Rajunov, Richard I. Scharlat, Christina S. Dumitrescu and Sarah Schanz on Aug 13, 2020
Posted In Employment
The COVID-19 Global Guide for Business provides employers with the latest information on returning to work. Nations around the world are struggling to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, and government responses to COVID-19 differ significantly based on local laws, culture, politics and the severity of the outbreak. Legal professionals in 50+ countries contributed to this...
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2019 Global Employment Law Year in Review
By Brian S. Cousin, Christina S. Dumitrescu, Dana L. Sanders, Lindsay Ditlow, Mark Meredith, Michael J. Sheehan and Richard I. Scharlat on Mar 17, 2020
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor
We are proud to introduce the first annual McDermott Global Employment Law Year in Review: 2019. The purpose of this publication is to provide you with concise summaries of many of the laws and court decisions from 2019 that significantly impact employers and employees all over the world. Many of the updates presented in this...
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