Minimum Wage, New York, Employment Policies

Final Phase of NYC Minimum Pay-Rate Increase for App-Based Delivery Workers Is In Effect

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/18/2025

On April 1, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that, effective immediately, delivery platform companies must pay delivery workers a minimum...more

Attention New York state and New York City employers: Changes to employment laws in 2025

Hogan Lovells on 2/7/2025

New York employers should prepare for a series of new and updated laws set to take effect in 2025. These changes will affect paid leave, wages, and workplace safety among other things. Paid leave: Prenatal leave, paid family...more

New Laws for New York Employers in a New Year: What to Know as 2025 Unfolds

Fisher Phillips on 1/31/2025

Employers in New York State and New York City face unique challenges given all the new workplace laws that are passed each year – and 2024 was no different. Indeed, multiple bills were enacted in the past year that will raise...more

Legal Updates for New York and California Employers in 2025

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 1/13/2025

With 2025 having arrived and a new President known for shattering norms about to assume office, employers are eyeing the inevitable enforcement changes that the new administration will bring. But employers must remember to...more

New Year, New Workplace Laws: New York’s End-of-Year Wrap-Up

Fisher Phillips on 1/11/2024

Continuing a years’ long trend of extensive alterations to workplace laws, New York State and New York City continued to enact new workplace legislation impacting employers. A substantial number of enacted bills in the past...more

New Laws for New York Employers in a New Year: What You Need to Know as 2023 Unfolds

Fisher Phillips on 1/5/2023

After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more