Harris Beach Murtha invites you to join us as we discuss key employment law issues affecting physician practices in New York State. Topics will include Restrictive Covenants, Handling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Paid...more
5/1/2025
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
New York ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Physicians ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
The Labor and Employment Team at Harris Beach Murtha invites you to join us for discussion of critical labor and employment law developments. Our first session will cover President Trump’s First 100 Days – Labor and...more
3/25/2025
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
NLRB ,
Trump Administration ,
Webinars
After a three-year pause, New York is again requiring employers to provide notice of employees’ rights under the state’s Reproductive Health Bias Law in employee handbooks....more
1/27/2025
/ Appeals ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Notice Requirements ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a “fact sheet” concerning employer mandates that require employees to use wearable technologies. According to the EEOC, such requirements could violate...more
1/8/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Wearable Technology
On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new standard for assessing whether workplace rules, including policies found in handbooks, infringe upon employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National...more
On December 9, 2022, Governor Hochul signed legislation expanding New York’s required accommodations for breastfeeding in the workplace.
New York employers were already required to provide employees with reasonable break...more
On December 9, our Labor and Employment Group will present its annual full-day webinar on updates and developments in labor and employment law.
Topics to be discussed include state legislative updates, conduct and behavior...more
11/11/2022
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Free Speech ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
On Tuesday October 12, 2021, two New York federal judges issued rulings related to the enforcement of vaccine mandates in New York.
Judge David Hurd of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled...more
10/14/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Health and Safety ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Public Schools ,
Religious Exemption ,
Teachers ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
The CDC has recently recommended that employers appoint “vaccination ambassadors” to encourage employees to get vaccinated. The EEOC has not commented on the CDC’s recommendation, but based on other pandemic-related guidance...more
Beginning on January 1, 2022, paid leave benefits under the Connecticut Paid Leave program (CPL) will be available for certain qualifying events under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Connecticut Family...more
This spring, Westchester County extended statutory employment protections for workers facing sickness, caregiving obligations, domestic violence, or human traffic through passage of the Earned Sick Leave Law (the ESLL) and...more
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again. Zero-tolerance policies are a bad idea when addressing sexual harassment complaints. In fact, they shouldn’t even apply to complaints about discrimination or workplace infractions. ...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released data detailing breakdowns for the charges of workplace discrimination it received in 2018. Sexual harassment charges increased 13.6% from 2017 – making...more
On October 1, 2018, New York State released final documents and resources in connection with its new sexual harassment prevention requirements. Along with the updated guidelines, the deadline to provide a first round of...more
Last week, we addressed the looming sexual harassment notice and training requirements affecting all New York State and New York City employers. We also wrote about the pending issuance of public resources containing model...more
On June 1, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which covers Connecticut, New York and Vermont, upheld a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) finding that Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.’s no-recording...more