On September 28, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill (Intro. 2032-A (Cohen)) amending the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to align it with the New York State Sick Leave Law...more
As a reminder, in follow-up to our Employment Law Spotlight Blog, effective September 30, 2020, New York state employers must provide New York state sick leave (NYSSL) to employees. Although the NYSSL law goes into effect...more
Employers and employees alike have had much confusion around proper compensation when nonexempt employees work remotely – particularly in today’s time when many employees are teleworking and working crazy schedules due to...more
On April 14, 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation (S2374) to expand the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA). The basic idea behind it is to ensure that eligible employees who need to take time off to care for a family...more
Just weeks after New York state implemented an Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law, late last week, New York state passed a statewide paid sick leave (State PSL) law as part of its fiscal year 2020-2021 budget....more
Welcome to the winter edition of the BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
12/20/2019
/ Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Parental Leave ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
Section 7 ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the fall edition of the BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
10/8/2019
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employee Training ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Race Discrimination ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
Welcome to the Summer edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
7/1/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Training ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Voting Leave ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the Spring edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
4/1/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Breastfeeding ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Expression ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Minimum Wage ,
On-Call Employees ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
As many of you have probably heard, late last year, the New York City Council passed two laws that will amend the NYC Human Rights Law to expand the requirements of employers to provide lactation space for breastfeeding...more
Welcome to the second edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
10/4/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Leave ,
Misclassification ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Website Accessibility ,
Work Schedules
Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more
7/20/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
As many of you know by now, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) maintains model forms to help employers meet the notice requirements under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). What some of you may not know is that the...more
As you may know, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in July, expanding state protections for pregnant women and new mothers, and setting new rules for employers with...more
Earlier this year, New York City signed into law the “Fair Work Week” legislative package, which aspires to ensure more predictable schedules and paychecks for fast food and retail workers by setting restrictions on how and...more
On Nov. 21, 2016, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated enforcement guidance on national origin discrimination for the first time in 14 years. Some may speculate whether this has...more
Visibility of transgender persons has been heightened lately. Caitlyn Jenner received an ESPY award for her bravery in discussing trans issues, there are story lines in popular television shows like “Orange Is the New Black”...more
As most NYC employers have probably heard by now, in May of this year, New York City released guidance that defines violations of pregnancy protections under the NYC Human Rights Law, and provides clear(er) examples of when...more
That’s right. Just when many employers started getting used to New York City’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”), New York City went ahead and adopted the final amended Earned Sick Time Act Rules (“Final Amended ESTA Rules”). The...more
As most New York City employers know by now, the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (“Act”) is scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2014. While the Act was adopted in the summer of 2013, it was subsequently amended after...more