Bernasky, Joseph J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Joseph represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. He has assisted Firm clients in a range of employment-related litigation, traditional labor matters, and compliance with various state and federal laws.

Joseph's practice also involves work in the Firm's privacy practice, with a focus on HR-related privacy and data security issues. He has assisted clients on compliance with domestic and international laws regarding the transfer of personal data, the development of data protection agreements for the transfer and sharing of sensitive personal information, and compliance with state data breach notification laws. His experience includes advising clients on the requirements under state privacy and data breach laws, U.S. Safe Harbor Principles, and the EU Data Protection Directive.

Joseph regularly contributes to Sam Estreicher and Steve Bennett's (Jones Day lawyers) continuing column "Arbitration," published in the New York Law Journal. Joseph is a member of the New York Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Society for Human Resource Management files amicus brief in support of district court FLSA decision

West Practice Categories

Collective Bargaining, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Cornell University
• Rutgers Univ- New Brunswick

Published Works

• ALERT: New York Department of Labor Revises WARN Regulations, 2010
• New York Department of Labor Revises WARN Regulations, 2010
• Nevada Imposes New Requirements for Credit Card Transactions and Data Transfers, 2009
• Court Rules Non-Signatories May Seek Stay Pending Arbitration, New York Law Journal, 2009
• Switzerland Authorizes Safe Harbor Framework for Personal Data Transfers to the United States, reprinted in BNA International, World Data Protection Report, 2009
• Switzerland Authorizes Safe Harbor Framework for Personal Data Transfers to the United States, 2009
• Arbitration-Pact Relevance to Nonsignatories Narrowed, New York Law Journal, 2008
• Signal of Greater Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards? New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel, 2008
• Election of Remedies Provisions and Retaliation Claims, New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel, 2008
• The Confidentiality of Arbitration Proceedings, New York Law Journal, 2008
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes to Expand Privacy Obligations for Regulated Entities, 2008
• Overtime and Minimum Wage Requirements, coauthor, New York City Bar, Employment Law Essentials, 2007
• RICO Usage Against Employers for Immigration Misdeeds, New York Law Journal, 2007

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