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Joseph DeGiuseppe, Jr.  

Joseph DeGiuseppe, Jr.

Partner
   

Publications

Mr. DeGiuseppe's articles on labor and employment law include his seminal work on the employment-at-will rule entitled, "The Effect of the Employment-at-Will Rule on Employee Rights to Job Security and Fringe Benefits," 10 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1 (1981), which has been cited by the New York Court of Appeals in the landmark decisions of Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. and Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. and by other federal and state courts. He has also been a featured lecturer at various labor and employment law seminars.

 

Other publications include: "The Recognition of Public Policy Exceptions to the Employment-at-Will Rule: A Legislative Function?" 11 Fordham Urb. L.J. 721 (1983); "ERISA Pre-emption of New York Labor Law Raises New Issues Concerning Employer Severance Pay Policies," 11 N.Y.S.B.A. Labor Law Newsletter No. 4, at 30 (1986); "Negligent Hiring, Pre-Job Inquiries," N.Y.L.J., March 4, 1988, at 1, col. 1 (co-authored with H. Baer); "Flexible Work Arrangements: An Emerging Area of Law," 5 Benefits L.J. 25 (Spring 1992); "Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.: Ten Years After," 19 Westchester B.J. No. 3, 227 (Summer 1992), cited in Baron v. Port Authority, 271 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2001); "The New York 'Whistleblower' Law: A Ten Year Perspective," 19 Westchester B.J. 309 (Fall 1992); "Effect of Laws & Decisions Concerning Vacation & Compensatory Time," 6 Benefits L.J. 83 (Spring 1993); "New Anti-Retaliation Standards Extend Employee Protection Beyond the Workplace," 34 Westchester B.J. No. 2, 79 (Fall/Winter 2007).