On May 9, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law significant amendments to the New York labor law, providing relief to employers in connection with frequency-of-pay violations. Previously, New York employers who failed...more
5/30/2025
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On November 15, 2024, a Texas district court vacated, on a nationwide basis, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that increased the salary thresholds applicable to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “white collar” and...more
12/2/2024
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Effective August 28, 2024, companies that engage independent contractors in the state of New York must now comply with New York’s “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act (the Act), a statute that imposes a range of new requirements...more
Beginning January 1, 2024, the state minimum wage in New York will increase. Subject to limited exceptions, it will then continue to increase annually thereafter. By way of example, effective January 1, 2024, the hourly...more
On June 2, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (Act). Largely patterned after New York City’s own, identically named law, the Act would amend the New York Labor Law to specify, among other...more
Employers throughout New York state may soon be required to include salary ranges in job postings, as well as promotion and transfer opportunities. On June 3, 2022, following in the footsteps of New York City’s recent salary...more
6/29/2022
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Updates Effective May 15, 2022, New York City will join a growing list of jurisdictions requiring pay transparency in job opening advertisements. Specifically, as of May 15, New York City employers must state a job position’s...more