Joint Employment Risks for Businesses: Regulatory and Litigation Developments, Mitigating Potential Liability

Mr. Feldman has extensive experience counseling and, where necessary, defending employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. His clients include companies and corporations in the hospitality, financial services, entertainment, fashion, retail, medical, and publishing industries. Mr. Feldman maintains direct and continuous contact with clients through counseling, client alerts, webinars, onsite training, and internal audits. Throughout his career, Mr. Feldman has been active in the labor and employment law fields, serving as Chair of the Wage & Hour Practice Group at Moses & Singer LLP where he designed and implemented client-specific policies, procedures, and training programs to facilitate compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations and also previously served as Managing Attorney for the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Mr. Feldman is a frequent lecturer and author of numerous articles on wage and hour and equal opportunity laws and regulations and other employment law issues. 

With nearly two decades of experience in labor and employment law, Ms. Thaler guides clients through the complexities of federal and state laws, including the FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, and the WARN Act. She works with employers in sectors such as education, software, technology, manufacturing, staffing, and hospitality to navigate workplace challenges and build practical solutions that align with their business goals. Ms. Thaler’s practice includes advising on policies and procedures that govern the employee lifecycle—from hiring and onboarding to discipline, leaves of absence, and separation. She drafts employment-related agreements, including noncompetes, nonsolicits, confidentiality agreements, and executive employment contracts. When disputes arise, Ms. Thaler represents clients in litigation and before state and federal agencies, coordinating strategy and managing investigations involving claims of discrimination, harassment, unprofessional conduct, and wage and hour violations. She frequently presents on evolving workplace laws and trends, helping employers stay informed and prepared in a rapidly changing regulatory environment.

Mr. Winnick focuses his practice on the nationwide representation of businesses in all facets of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on wage and hour matters and independent contractor status. His experience includes defending businesses in bet-the-company wage and hour and independent contractor cases. Mr. Winnick has helped secure decertification in class and collective wage and hour cases, summary judgment in exemption and independent contractor misclassification cases, and victory in numerous arbitrations involving federal and state wage and hour issues. His litigation experience includes not just wage and hour matters, but runs the gamut of employment laws, including cases asserting claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation, and employment-related torts. Mr. Winnick has successfully litigated numerous complex and contentious matters across the country and frequently appears in federal and state courts, as well as federal and state agencies, including the US Department of Labor, New York State Division of Human Rights, and New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. Mr. Winnick’s experience also includes policy matters.