On December 15, New York City issued clarifications to it prior vaccine mandate and those clarifications can be found here: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccine-workplace-requirement.page.
As we advised in...more
12/21/2021
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The New York City Council just passed a new COVID vaccination bill requiring paid leave for parents per child per injection. Additionally, businesses and employees in New York City are subject to new vaccine mandates...more
In October 2021, New York Governor Hochul signed into law four new pieces of legislation affecting employees and employers in New York State.
First, on October 28, 2021, New York Governor Hochul signed into law new...more
11/18/2021
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Federal Court Rejects New York City Police Officer’s Employment Discrimination Action
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment to the defendants in an employment...more
10/6/2020
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