James M. Nicholas

Partner and litigation attorney

Jim Nicholas is a partner and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Nicholas focuses his practice on federal and state labor and employment issues, including employee classification, wage and hour, leaves of absence, discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, and the enforcement of noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements.

Gender discrimination

Benefits Think Keeping compliant: Pay equity law updates

Connecticut now joins California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Vermont as one of six states having such laws, which are designed to remedy historic pay disparities between male and female employees.

By James M. Nicholas

June 21

Workplace management

Benefits Think NLRB reverses Obama-era joint employer test

Over the course of one afternoon, the NLRB recently issued two decisions that together overturned several of the Obama administration’s most polemic legal positions under the NLRA.

By James M. Nicholas

December 28

Regulatory guidance

Benefits Think EEOC issues new harassment guidance

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued proposed guidance crystallizing the agency’s expectation that employers be proactive in eliminating workplace harassment.

By James M. Nicholas

February 21

Regulatory guidance

Benefits Think EEOC issues new harassment guidance

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued proposed guidance crystallizing the agency’s expectation that employers be proactive in eliminating workplace harassment.

By James M. Nicholas

February 16