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Private NY Employers Required To Adopt Prevention Standard Plans by August 5 to Comply With NY HERO

On July 6, the New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL) published the Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard (“Prevention Standard”), a model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan (“Model...more

New York Passes Health and Essential Rights Act

As reported in a previous Alert, on May 5, 2021, New York State passed the Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act), requiring, among other things, that New York employers adopt airborne infectious disease exposure...more

Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policies Still Apply

As employers continue to hone their reopening plans, it is important not to lose sight of ongoing workforce training obligations applicable to in-office and remote employees alike. This includes mandatory New York State and...more

OSHA Releases COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards for Health Care Industry

On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), establishing new COVID-19-related mandatory...more

Remote Work Due to COVID-19 Triggers Compliance Issues - Tip of the Month - Employment and Labor Law

The COVID-driven prevalence of remote work arrangements and the expected, widespread post-COVID continuation of this trend raise a major compliance issue for companies: With employees now based in states beyond a company’s...more

Incoming Presidential Administration May Bring Employment-Related Changes

With the impending installment of a new presidential administration, employers can expect a potential wave of newly-proposed, employment-related federal legislation. For example, President-elect Biden has already announced or...more

Can Employers Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination?

As a COVID-19 vaccine nears reality, employers may naturally ask whether they can require their employees to get vaccinated. While there may, indeed, be circumstances where employers can require employee vaccinations, the...more

Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule For Determining If a Worker Is an Independent Contractor - Tip of the Month - Employment...

On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited proposed rule for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Now subject to a 30-day...more

Employers Must Allow Employees to Vote

With presidential primaries under way and New York’s own primary vote scheduled for April 28, employers should be cognizant of last year’s amendments to New York’s Election Law, which increased the paid time off that...more

DOL Announces Final Rule on Joint Employer Status: Tip of the Month - Employment and Labor Law

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule, which becomes effective March 16, 2020, features a...more

Employment and Labor Law Tip of the Month - New York Dramatically Expands Harassment Protections

On August 12, Governor Cuomo signed sweeping new legislation toughening and substantially broadening New York’s sexual harassment protections. Critically, the updated law is no longer limited to “sexual harassment,” but...more

Law Now Protects Employees’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Decisions - Employment and Labor Law Tip of the Month

The New York City Human Rights Law now prohibits employment-related discrimination and retaliation on the basis of an employee’s “sexual and reproductive health decisions.” Specifically, effective May 20, 2019, the law...more

Employment and Labor Law Tip of the Month - New York City Smokes Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council overwhelmingly approved legislation that will prohibit employers from requiring prospective hires to submit to pre-employment testing for the presence of marijuana. In fact, the...more

New Year, New Sick Leave Entitlements

With the New Year approaching and employee leave accruals resetting, employers must be mindful of the continually-evolving laws governing employees’ use of, and entitlement to, leave time in the jurisdictions where they...more

Employee Requests for Time Off to Vote

With Election Day fast approaching, employers may be confronted with—and, pursuant to certain state laws, are often required to grant—employee requests to take time off to vote. For example, in New York, employers must...more

NY Employers Must Strengthen Anti-Harassment Policies and Enforcement

Employment and Labor Law Tip of the Month - Pursuant to recently passed and newly amended legislation, sexual harassment laws in both New York State and New York City will now impose on covered employers substantial new...more

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