On December 16, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to Labor Law Section 201, effective immediately, requiring that all mandatory workplace postings be made available to employees through the employer’s website or...more
While everyone’s attention was fixed on COVID-19 and the surrounding chaos, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the state budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, ushering in several new labor laws and amendments. Some of...more
A Bit of Background
Home health aides are often hired through a health care agency to work 24-hours shifts caring for elderly or infirm family members. But what about the law requiring employers to pay overtime where an...more
New York employers have one less administrative headache to deal with - at least, for now.
The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that, as of March 1, 2019, it will not implement proposed regulations...more
Under New York City's recently enacted Stop Sexual Harassment in New York City Act (NYC Local Law 96 (2018)), employers in New York City with 15 or more employees at any point in the previous calendar year must provide all...more
As reported in our recent client alert, New York State Division of Human Rights Releases Drafts of Long-Awaited Sexual Harassment Training Requirements, Policy and Complaint Form, employers must provide sexual harassment...more
As reported in our recent client alert, Employer Action Required: New Posting Requirements in NYC for Anti-Sexual Harassment Act, the New York Human Rights Law will require all New York employers to provide all employees with...more
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) has just published the anti-sexual harassment notice and fact sheet that employers are required to implement by September 6, 2018.
As a reminder, these requirements are...more
Int. 1399-A, titled, “Temporary Changes to Work Schedules for Personal Events and Protections from Retaliation for Making Schedule Change Requests,” amended New York City’s Fair Workweek Law to allow employees to request...more
On May 3, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 25, establishing a Task Force on Employee Misclassification. The Task Force, which must meet, organize and commence work as soon as possible, was created to...more
During the past few months, New Jersey has taken several leaps forward in the realm of labor and employment law, arguably solidifying its spot amongst the leaders in the recent push for increased employee...more
As we discussed in a previous alert, New York City's updated Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, which revised New York City's existing paid sick leave law to include coverage for "safe" leave, took effect on May 5, 2018....more
Beginning on May 5, 2018, all employees eligible for paid sick time in New York City will also be able to use such paid time off for "safe" time under the renamed Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (the Act).
Employees do not...more
On April 11 and 12, 2018, the landscape surrounding sexual harassment claims was rewritten by major amendments to applicable New York State and New York City law. Many of the measures mirror legislation that has been...more
On November 6, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law an amendment to the NYC Earned Sick Time Act, expanding coverage to New York City workers to now include paid "safe time." Under the existing law,...more
On April 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) became the first federal appellate court to recognize sexual orientation as being protected by Title VII of the...more
In its latest effort to close the "gender gap" on wages, the New York City Council has enacted legislation (effective in 180 days) prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant's "salary history." As the new law...more