Nursing employees now have the right to paid break time to express breast milk during the workday under a New York State law that took effect June 19. This move underscores Governor Hochul’s push for legislation supporting...more
7/15/2024
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Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Guidance Update ,
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New York ,
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State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The legal landscape for “frequency of pay” claims involving manual workers in New York has recently been bubbling with activity. The state law at issue regulates the frequency in which “manual workers” must receive their...more
If you’ve been tracking litigation related to New York’s “frequency of pay” requirement for manual workers, last week’s highly anticipated decision Grant v. Global Aircraft Dispatch brings welcome news to employers. The state...more
Governor Hochul recently signed a bill into law making significant changes to New York’s law on nondisclosure agreements, which will require employers across the state to make immediate changes to their practices. The...more
It is looking increasingly likely that fast food employers in New York City will have to deal with troubling new workplace regulations in the near future, including the prospect of increased penalties for violations,...more
New York City workplace regulators just finalized rules for New York City’s Fair Workweek and just cause laws for fast food workers – and there are some changes from the initial proposals that may come as a surprise to...more
New York City regulators recently proposed new rules that will further burden fast food employers, revealing a mixed bag of employer-unfriendly interpretations of existing city law while introducing potentially immense...more
2/2/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Food Service Workers ,
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Wage and Hour ,
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The New York City Council just passed two bills (Int. 1396-A and 1415-A) that limit when a fast food employer can discharge fast food employees, only permitting terminations for “just cause” or for a “bona fide economic...more
New York, the state hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, has released plans to guide the state’s reopening process that will permit certain lower-risk businesses to begin phased reopenings on a regional basis as soon as May...more
As New York continues to be hard hit by the effects of COVID-19, Governor Cuomo announced a three-way agreement on March 17 between his office and both houses of the New York State Legislature on a bill guaranteeing job...more
3/19/2020
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Disability Benefits ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Quarantine ,
Sick Leave ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Another federal court of appeals decided today that Title VII covers claims of sexual orientation discrimination, continuing the evolution of workplace discrimination law that has begun to sweep over the country in recent...more
2/27/2018
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Appeals ,
Associational Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Former Employee ,
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Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Protected Class ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
To ring in the New Year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of a 200-member multi-agency Minimum Wage Enforcement and Outreach Unit on January 2, 2017. The Unit’s goal is to ensure that all minimum wage workers in...more
Lost in the shuffle surrounding the United States Department of Labor’s (USDOL) proposed (but stalled) increases to the salary threshold for the “white collar exemptions” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was the New...more
2nd Circuit Refuses To Join Circuit Courts Siding With NLRB -
Employers can breathe a sigh of relief after the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals once again upheld the validity of class and collective action waivers in...more