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04.10.20

New York State Enacts New Non-COVID Sick Leave Entitlements

On April 3, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation creating completely new, non-COVID-related sick leave entitlements for employees throughout New York state.


03.30.20

Public Health Emergency Provisions in NYC and Westchester County Sick Leave Laws

While New York employers are appropriately focused on understanding and applying the mandates of the March 18, 2020 New York State Paid Sick Leave Law and the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, it is important for New York City and Westchester employers to remember that the ...


03.17.20

COVID-19 New York State and Federal Labor and Employment Update

This afternoon, Governor Cuomo announced an agreement with the New York state legislature to enact a comprehensive bill featuring—among other provisions—sweeping, immediately effective sick leave, paid family leave, and disability entitlements in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, ...


02.27.20

Employers Must Allow Employees to Vote

With presidential primaries under way and New York’s own primary vote scheduled for April 28, employers should be cognizant of last year’s amendments to New York’s Election Law, which increased the paid time off that employees may take in order to vote in elections.


01.30.20

DOL Announces Final Rule on Joint Employer Status

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


12.18.19

New Year Brings New Employment Laws

With the New Year approaching, so too are a legion of enhanced workplace protections.


11.26.19

Whistleblower Protections Begin to Take Center Stage

As “whistleblower” issues pervade national headlines, lawmakers in some jurisdictions, including New York, have recently sought to expand existing whistleblower protections.


10.31.19

Enhanced Workplace Protections for Domestic Violence Victims

Effective November 18, 2019, amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law will provide enhanced protections to employees who are victims of domestic violence.


09.27.19

DOL Announces Final Overtime Exemption Rule

On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) which sought to increase the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” and “highly compensated” overtime exemptions.


08.29.19

New York Dramatically Expands Harassment Protections

On August 12, Governor Cuomo signed sweeping new legislation toughening and substantially broadening New York’s sexual harassment protections.