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07.29.19

Liens Against Companies and Executives for Unpaid Employee Wages?

The New York State Legislature has passed a bill that, if signed into law, would allow current and former employees to obtain a lien against an employer’s real or personal property based merely on an allegation of underpayment of wages.


06.26.19

New York City Considers Mandatory Vacation Time Law

The New York City Council’s Committee on Civil Service and Labor has proposed a bill that would require New York City employers with five (5) or more employees to provide paid vacation time to their employees. Indeed, if passed, the bill would update New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick ...


05.29.19

Law Now Protects Employees’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Decisions

The New York City Human Rights Law now prohibits employment-related discrimination and retaliation on the basis of an employee’s “sexual and reproductive health decisions.”


04.25.19

New York City Smokes Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council overwhelmingly approved legislation that will prohibit employers from requiring prospective hires to submit to pre-employment testing for the presence of marijuana.


03.27.19

DOL Issues Proposed New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees

As expected, on March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which, if adopted, would raise the minimum salary thresholds for the FLSA’s “white collar” and “highly-compensated” exemptions.


02.27.19

New ‘White Collar’ Salary Thresholds Expected Imminently

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a “final rule,” which, among other changes, would have increased from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $913 per week ($47,476 per year) the minimum salary threshold required in order to consider whether an employee may be exempt under the ...


01.29.19

Predictable Scheduling Regulations May Require Call-In Pay for Employees

Pursuant to anticipated new “predictable scheduling” regulations, New York employers may soon have to provide employees with “call-in pay” for certain unworked hours.


12.27.18

New Year, New Sick Leave Entitlements

With the New Year approaching and employee leave accruals resetting, employers must be mindful of the continually-evolving laws governing employees’ use of, and entitlement to, leave time in the jurisdictions where they conduct business.


11.29.18

New Year Brings New Wage Laws

Effective December 31, 2018, New York employers will be subject to changes to both the state-mandated minimum wage and certain overtime exemption criteria.


10.24.18

Employee Requests for Time Off to Vote

With Election Day fast approaching, employers may be confronted with—and, pursuant to certain state laws, are often required to grant—employee requests to take time off to vote.