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As of July 2, 2025, New York City’s new rules for paid prenatal personal care leave are in effect. With the first month of enforcement now behind us, it is critical for all employers with employees working in New York City to...more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act rules to incorporate the paid prenatal leave requirements of the New York Labor Law. DCWP’s amended...more
Employers in New York City must comply with new rules concerning their employees' right to paid prenatal leave under the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). These rules follow New York state's groundbreaking...more
New York City has recently updated its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) Rules and Frequently Asked Questions to address the requirements of the New York State Prenatal Leave law. As discussed in our prior alerts in April...more
On May 30, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published its final amendments to the Rules of the City of New York (RCNY), incorporating into the Earned Sick and Safe Time Act the provision...more
Earlier this year, New York State added a new paid prenatal leave benefit to the state’s Paid Sick Leave Law (PSL). As of January 1, 2025, all New York employers must grant an additional 20 hours of paid prenatal leave,...more
As previously reported here, on January 1, 2025, all private employers in New York State were required to begin providing their employees with up to twenty (20) hours of paid leave during any 52-week period for prenatal...more
All private sector employers in New York must provide eligible employees with 20 hours of paid prenatal leave under the New York Paid Sick Leave Law. Employers must now review and ensure their policies and practices comply...more
On the heels of New York State’s amendment of its Paid Sick Leave Law to create a first-in-the-nation paid prenatal personal leave (PPPL) entitlement, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has...more
The New York legislature may soon pass the “No Severance Ultimatums Act,” which would require all employment severance agreements except those negotiated through collective bargaining to include (1) a 21-business day review...more
Effective May 8, 2025, New York City employers with four or more employees must physically post a copy of their written lactation policy in an area accessible to employees as well as on its intranet if one exists....more
On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a permanent injunction that barred the enforcement of a requirement under the New York Labor Law Section 203-e (the "Act") that New York State...more
Last year, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (Act), one of the most extensive retail workplace violence prevention laws in the nation. Following an enforcement delay due to a February 2025...more
New York State’s Reproductive Health Bias Law (the “Act”) has been reinstated following a Second Circuit ruling. The Act, found in Section 203-e of New York State’s Labor Law, prohibits discrimination based on an employee’s...more
Employers would have to give all employees in New York time to review and revoke severance agreements under a bill that just passed the state Senate on March 4. The No Severance Ultimatums Act now moves to the Assembly, and...more
On January 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated the New York Reproductive Health Bias Law’s requirement that New York State employers include a notice in their employee handbooks regarding the...more
Nursing employees now have the right to paid break time to express breast milk during the workday under a New York State law that took effect June 19. This move underscores Governor Hochul’s push for legislation supporting...more
On March 1, 2024, the New York Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published a comprehensive guide to employee rights in the workplace. New York City employers have until July 1, 2024, to distribute and post...more
On December 4, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law the New York City Council’s bill, Int 0569-2022 (the “City Law”). The bill, known as the “Workers’ Bill of Rights,” will require New York City employers to...more
New York City officials just published the much-anticipated Workers’ Bill of Rights – and NYC businesses must provide a copy to current employees by July 1. You’ll also need to start providing it to any subsequent new hires....more
Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law, effective on November 11, 2023, amending Section 590 of the New York Labor Law. Under the law, employers are obligated to provide notice to employees of their right to file for...more
Beginning on July 1, 2024, New York City employers will be required under a newly enacted city law to distribute and post a city-created “Workers’ Bill of Rights” notice informing employees of their employment rights....more
New York State’s recently enacted law requiring notice of electronic monitoring goes into effect on May 7, 2022. To comply with the law, private employers with a place of business in New York must (1) provide notice to new...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued a form of required notice regarding the dramatically expanded whistleblower protections under New York Labor Law § 740 that took effect last month....more
From time to time, situations arise that prompt an employer to want to review an employee’s emails and other electronic communications. In matters involving internal investigations, concerns about a breach of an employee’s...more