2021 is here, and with the new year comes changes for New York employers seeking to ensure full compliance with newly effective laws, or changes to the law, throughout the State. Employers are well-advised to review the...more
12/31/2020
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Just Cause ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
New York employers waiting for clarification on the newly effective New York State Sick Leave Law (“Sick Leave Law”) need wait no longer: on October 20, 2020, the state issued initial guidance – titled the New York State Paid...more
Last month, New York City joined an emerging national trend toward increased protections for independent contractors and freelance workers, adopting a new law, Int. 136-A, extending to independent contractors and freelancers...more
11/25/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employee Definition ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Misclassification ,
NYCHRL ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
New York State is on its way to enacting comprehensive reforms to broaden the scope of its discrimination and harassment laws, including one of the most robust anti-harassment bills in the #MeToo era, amendments to the...more
7/3/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Arbitration ,
Corporate Culture ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
New Legislation ,
NYSHRL ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour