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Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
Election day is here! On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, employees across the nation will report to their local polling places to cast their votes. So, what are California employers required to do?...more
Under a new law, District of Columbia employers will be required to provide at least two hours of paid leave for employees to vote in person. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently signed and approved the Leave...more
New York State and Washington D.C. have enacted legislation regarding paid time off to vote. The details of these new laws are summarized below....more
On April 27, 2020, the District of Columbia enacted the Leave to Vote Amendment Act of 2020. Once the D.C. government funds the new law, it will grant all D.C. employees paid leave to vote in person and will grant students a...more
New York is reverting to its pre-2019 voting leave law, as employers will now only need to provide their workers with two hours of paid voting time rather than three. This change is effectively immediately, so New York...more
As we previously reported, last year, New York State expanded its election leave law to allow employees more paid time off if needed in order to vote on Election Day (increasing the paid time off from two to three hours). ...more
Before 2019, the New York State Election Law required employers to give employees two hours of paid time off to vote, but only if the employees did not have at least four consecutive hours off work while the polls were open....more
Lawmakers introduced and passed several bills in 2019 as part of an aggressive agenda to overhaul New York employment laws. Harris Beach attorneys Lindsey Zullo, Dan Palermo, Ibby Tariq and Taylor Ventre discuss a host of...more
As part of its 2019-20 budget, New York State has amended Election Law § 3-110 to provide for an additional hour of paid time off from work to vote. The amendment took effect on April 12, 2019....more
New York State has this week enacted sweeping election reforms that go into effect immediately. The changes will impact private employers across the state. Section 3-110 of the New York Election Law now permits all registered...more
Effective immediately, the New York Election Law has been amended to provide employees in New York with up to three hours of paid time off to vote in any election....more
Most New York employers know about the state's election leave law, but may have never thought much about it since hanging the required poster in the break or copy room. However, new changes passed by the state legislature...more
New York legislators passed into law the fiscal year 2020 $175.5-billion budget on April 1, 2019, fully funding state government for the next fiscal year. Among the provisions enacted are many that affect labor and employment...more
Effective immediately, New York’s amended voting leave law requires employers to provide employees with “up to three” hours of paid time off to vote at “any election.” Further, employers must post a notice in the workplace...more
In the early morning hours of April 1, 2019, New York State passed its new yearly budget. Though the budget included several items of importance and interest, it was an under-the-radar provision revising paid voting time for...more
A revision to New York’s election law gives workers in the state up to three hours of paid time off to vote, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted in an announcement released on April 1, 2019, about New York’s enacted budget for...more
Election Day is now less than two weeks away. While many states require employers to provide their employees with time off to vote, Connecticut is not one of them. Employers in the state should, however, keep the following...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In leaves of absence, as in employment law generally, California can be peculiar. We examine at a few examples, including particular city ordinances in Emeryville and San Francisco, and other statewide...more
The leaves are changing, and the air is turning cooler. While employers are gearing up for fall, voting leave may be far from their minds. After all, even though the presidential candidates are in full swing campaign mode,...more