New York State Department of Labor has released proposed regulations under its recently enacted Wage Deduction Law. The Law, which went into effect in November 2012, permits employers to deduct certain amounts from...more
5/15/2013
As expected, the New York City Council has passed the Earned Sick Time Act, which, if enacted, will require most City employers to provide job-protected sick leave, whether paid or unpaid, to the more than 1.6 million...more
5/15/2013
- Legislative Vetoes Medical Leave Michael Bloomberg
Here we go again. Fresh off its passage of a law prohibiting unemployment discrimination, the New York City Council is now poised to pass a law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees. If passed,...more
3/29/2013
- Medical Leave Paid Leave
New York City employers beware: The New York City Council has once again acted to expand the nation’s broadest anti-discrimination law — this time to prohibit discrimination against New York City’s unemployed. The law will go...more
3/15/2013
- Discrimination Hiring & Firing Unemployment Discrimination
This alert serves as a reminder that the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act requires employers to provide annual pay notices to all of their employees (whether full-time or part-time, exempt or non-exempt) no later than...more
1/24/2013
- Notice Requirements Wage Theft Prevention Act
Several members of the New York City Council have introduced a bill that would amend the City’s Human Rights Law to permit employees to waive a Human Rights Law claim only where the waiver is “knowing and voluntary.” Such a...more
12/7/2012
- Employee Rights Employment Contract
