New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more
7/3/2025
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New York employers will see three significant workplace laws come into effect in June, and retail, warehouse, and fashion industry employers throughout the state need to take notice. You’ll face new requirements for workplace...more
5/30/2025
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Employers in New York State and New York City face unique challenges given all the new workplace laws that are passed each year – and 2024 was no different. Indeed, multiple bills were enacted in the past year that will raise...more
1/31/2025
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Continuing a years’ long trend of extensive alterations to workplace laws, New York State and New York City continued to enact new workplace legislation impacting employers. A substantial number of enacted bills in the past...more
1/11/2024
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The impact of cannabis on the workplace continues to evolve as more states legalize its use. One such example is increasing protection for workers’ off duty cannabis use. How will these changes affect your workplace? Here is...more
After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more
1/5/2023
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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently issued its long-awaited proposed regulations related to workplace safety committees as allowed under the NY HERO Act. New York employers have already been addressing...more
Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more
12/29/2021
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New York employers must continue to implement their airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans through at least October 31, thanks to the Commissioner of Health’s recent under-the-radar designation that COVID-19...more
New York employers must take immediate steps to comply with statutory requirements aimed at preventing the spread of infectious disease in the workplace. As previously reported, in May New York State passed the NY HERO Act,...more
7/20/2021
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Following an eleventh-hour agreement to make “technical changes” to the version of the bill passed by the New York State legislature, Governor Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights Act – also known as...more