Jordan Simon

Jordan Simon is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Jordan attended Cardozo School of Law and served as an associate editor of the Cardozo Law Review and as a senior editor of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society. While in law school, he interned in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Firm/Organization: Proskauer Rose LLP

Blogs: Labor Relations Update, Law and the Workplace, Proskauer Whistleblower Defense

Latest Articles

Law and the Workplace

New Guidance on EEO-1 Component 2 Data Submissions For Companies Involved in Corporate Transactions

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

August 6, 2019

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released additional guidance regarding the new EEO-1 Component 2 data reporting requirements for employers who were involved in mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs in 2017 and 2018. As we previously reported, employers must report their Component 2 pay and hours worked data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by September 30, 2019. In its guidance, EEOC advises, among other things, that acquiring companies are responsible for submitting Component…

Law and the Workplace

EEOC Posts Forms and Guidance for New EEO-1 Reporting Requirements

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

July 3, 2019

In an effort to assist employers, the EEOC has posted guidance and sample forms for the new EEO-1 Component 2 Compensation Data reporting requirements on its website. The new materials provide useful information for employers to comply with the new reporting requirement. As we have previously reported, employers must now report employee pay data and hours worked, by job category, in addition to the usual workforce demographic information. The EEOC informed employers this spring…

Law and the Workplace

Judge Orders Employers to Submit Pay Data on Revised EEO-1 Form by September 30, 2019

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

April 26, 2019

Introduction: On April 25, 2019, Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect detailed data on employee compensation and hours worked from covered employers sorted by job category, pay band, race, ethnicity, and gender (“Component 2” of the EEO-1 form) by September 30, 2019. The reporting requirement applies to all employers with more than 100 employees. The Component 2 requirement had been adopted during the Obama Administration but its implementation…

Law and the Workplace

New York City Council Passes Bill Limiting Pre-Employment Drug Testing for Marijuana

By Evandro Gigante & Jordan Simon

April 12, 2019

UPDATE: The bill was enacted on May 10, 2019 and will take effect on May 10, 2020. The New York City Council overwhelmingly passed legislation which would prohibit most City employers from requiring job applicants to submit to pre-employment drug tests for marijuana use. Specifically, the bill would amend the City’s Fair Chance Act to make it an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer (including employment agencies and their agents) to require a prospective employee…

Labor Relations Update

You’ve Got Mail: NLRB Requests Briefing on Standard for Employee Use of Employer Owned Electronic Communication Systems

By Michael Lebowich & Jordan Simon

August 3, 2018

In what could signify the beginning of the end for Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB 1050 (2014) and guaranteed employee access to Employer computer systems for union organizing purposes, the NLRB issued a notice on August 1 inviting the filing of briefs on whether the Board should uphold, modify or overrule the decision. Under Purple Communications (which we previously covered here), employees have a presumptive right to use their employer’s e-mail system to engage…

Labor Relations Update

ABOUT FACE! Under Pressure, NLRB Vacates Joint Employer Standard and Returns to Browning-Ferris

By Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox & Jordan Simon

February 26, 2018

In an unexpected and critical turn of events, after extensive political pressure, the NLRB, sitting as a three-member panel comprised of Chairman Kaplan and Members Pearce and McFerran, vacated last year’s decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd., 365 NLRB No. 156 (Dec. 14, 2017) due to Member William Emanuel’s participation in the decision. Prior to joining the Board, Member Emanuel was a partner at Littler Mendelson, and his firm represented one of the unsuccessful parties…

Proskauer Whistleblower Defense

SEC Awards Over $16 Million to Two Whistleblowers

By Steven J. Pearlman & Jordan Simon

December 5, 2017

On November 30, 2017, the SEC Office of the Whistleblower issued a bounty award of more than $16 million to two tipsters; each received an award of more than $8 million. The SEC denied awards to five other claimants. The first whistleblower provided original information, including the identity of relevant documents and witnesses, which became the foundation for the SEC’s investigation and subsequent action against the company. The second whistleblower provided the SEC with original…

Jordan Simon

New Guidance on EEO-1 Component 2 Data Submissions For Companies Involved in Corporate Transactions

EEOC Posts Forms and Guidance for New EEO-1 Reporting Requirements

Judge Orders Employers to Submit Pay Data on Revised EEO-1 Form by September 30, 2019

New York City Council Passes Bill Limiting Pre-Employment Drug Testing for Marijuana

You’ve Got Mail: NLRB Requests Briefing on Standard for Employee Use of Employer Owned Electronic Communication Systems

ABOUT FACE! Under Pressure, NLRB Vacates Joint Employer Standard and Returns to Browning-Ferris

SEC Awards Over $16 Million to Two Whistleblowers

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