Effective July 31, 2025, New York will no longer require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who contract COVID-19.
As discussed in our prior alert, New York has required employers to provide COVID-19 leave...more
7/23/2025
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
Health and Safety ,
Hospitality Industry ,
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New York ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
A recent change to New York labor law means employers will no longer face business-crippling lawsuits for minor frequency-of-pay mistakes, as long as they have not previously been found to have violated the state’s...more
5/14/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
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Labor Reform ,
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New York ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
With President Trump’s recent inauguration, issues of immigration law have come to a head in workplaces throughout the country. As raids are already being implemented in a multitude of industries, employers need to understand...more
1/28/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
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Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
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Immigration Reform ,
Raids ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Trump Administration
New York City employers will soon need to post and otherwise distribute a new Worker’s Rights poster. The new poster, recently released by The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protections, includes a QR code...more
On September 6, 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the designation of COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease under the state's HERO Act. This designation requires New York employers to implement their workplace...more
9/8/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NYDOL ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Required Documentation ,
Safety Standards ,
Workplace Safety
Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work schedules and pay employees “predictability pay” for late changes to an...more
8/5/2019
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Employee Rights ,
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Fair Workweek ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
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Manufacturers ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Retailers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Effective immediately, New York’s amended voting leave law requires employers to provide employees with “up to three” hours of paid time off to vote at “any election.” Further, employers must post a notice in the workplace...more