Lawmakers recently approved the 2024-2025 New York State budget, revising a number of laws that employers must be mindful of to ensure compliance. Specifically, these changes include: (1) the implementation of prenatal leave...more
Employers have until Oct. 15, 2023 to ensure that their safe and sick leave policies remain compliant with New York City law after the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on Sept. 15, 2023 issued...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued final regulations for the New York Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law (NYSSL), which has been in effect since September 30, 2020. The final regulations contain no changes to the...more
New York City hospitality employers face a myriad of requirements under federal, state, and local laws.
This employment law "checklist" provides a guide for such businesses in order to ensure that they are onboarding new...more
5/7/2021
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As employees are increasingly absent from work during the COVID-19 situation, employers in New York City and Westchester County should be aware of paid time off provisions under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA, New...more
As detailed in a prior Alert, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a stand-alone safe leave law in May 2019 that provides employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking with 40 hours of paid...more
The Westchester County Board of Legislators has adopted a stand-alone safe leave law that provides victims of domestic violence and human trafficking additional time off for qualifying reasons. The safe leave provided for in...more
As measles outbreaks affect New York City and major California counties, employers should understand the best practices for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, customers and guests. Outlined below are steps you...more
Westchester County's mandatory Earned Sick Leave Law is now in effect, prompting the County to publish a Notice of Employee Rights that must be provided to all new employees upon commencement of employment and to all existing...more
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
Westchester County’s Board of Legislators recently adopted a sick leave law that affects most Westchester County employers. Westchester County’s recently adopted Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL) is similar to New York City’s...more
The Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) was amended by New York City earlier this year to allow employees to use leave time required by the law for “safe time” and to expand the definition of a “family member” on whose...more
New York’s Paid Family Leave requirements are only six months old, but that has not stopped the Legislature from expanding the provisions of New York Paid Family Leave. As we noted in previous alerts, effective January 1,...more
As discussed in our November 10, 2017 alert, the New York City Earned Sick Time Act was amended to allow employees to use sick leave accrued under the law for additional purposes and renamed the New York City Earned Safe and...more
As originally discussed in our April 2016 and March 2017 alerts, New York enacted one of the most comprehensive statewide paid family leave laws in the country. Under the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“PFLL”), starting on...more