• Amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) lower the bar for employees and individual nonemployees pursuing discrimination and harassment claims.
• In several respects, the amendments align the NYSHRL...more
8/15/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Legislation ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Independent Contractors ,
NYCHRL ,
NYSHRL ,
Protected Class ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
• New York City’s new Temporary Schedule Change Law requires firms to accommodate employee requests for temporary schedule changes for qualifying reasons up to two times per year.
• An amendment to the New York City Human...more
8/16/2018
/ Amended Legislation ,
Cooperative Dialogue ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
New Legislation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Communication
• New measure expands the NYC Earned Sick Time Act to Cover “Safe Time.”
• Safe Time can be used when an employee or a member of the employee’s family has been the victim of a family offense matter, sexual offense,...more
5/11/2018
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Domestic Violence ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Trafficking ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Stalking ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Communication
Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law eight (8) bills forming the bulk of the Women’s Equality Act, originally introduced in the New York State Legislature in 2012. The legislation amends the New York Labor Law and the...more
10/27/2015
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Attorney's Fees ,
Best Management Practices ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Human Rights Code ,
Labor Code ,
New Legislation ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Wages ,
Women's Equality Act