Seyfarth Synopsis: A pending bill in New Jersey’s legislature would significantly lower the standard for establishing harassment claims and require employers to implement anti-harassment training and policies and report...more
3/12/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Labor Reform ,
New Jersey ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York State formally adopted regulations increasing the salary thresholds for minimum wage and overtime exemptions for “executive” or “administrative” employee under the New York Labor Law. Employers...more
12/28/2023
/ Employees ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
New York ,
NYDOL ,
Over-Time ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Seyfarth Synopsis: Efforts to prohibit non-compete agreements in New York State are back to square one following Governor Hochul’s veto of an outright ban in late December 2023....more
12/27/2023
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New York ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more
12/27/2023
/ Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New York ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Seyfarth Synopsis: We recently reported here that New York adopted an increased salary threshold of $1,300 per week for determining whether an employee serves in an “executive,” “administrative,” or “professional” capacity...more
eyfarth Synopsis: Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill amending Section 590 of the New York Labor Law to require employers to provide employees, upon separation, with notice of their right to file for unemployment benefits...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation (S.B. 5572) that, effective March 13, 2024, will change the salary threshold governing various exemptions under Article 6 of the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”)....more
10/6/2023
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Seyfarth Synopsis: While the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Law amendments take effect July 31, 2023, New Jersey employers are still waiting for the state to publish new submission documents and instructions. The state...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The COVID-19 pandemic and wildfire smoke shrouding the skies over the East Coast this summer have drawn more attention to indoor air quality, leading the New York City Council to propose indoor air quality...more
7/14/2023
/ Air Quality Standards ,
ASHRAE ,
City of New York ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Labor Reform ,
New York ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Legislature has passed a bill that increases the earnings threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees to file a complaint with the New York Department of Labor...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more
6/29/2023
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
New York ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective June 7, 2023, New York State employers are required to comply with expanded obligations under recent amendments to New York Labor Law § 206-c, to include the provision of a designated pumping...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In what New York City has billed as the “first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers,” gig economy delivery workers will be entitled to almost 20 dollars per hour by April...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Like the New York City Council, the New York State legislature is considering a bill to effectively abolish at-will employment. If passed, the State bill would prohibit employers from discharging employees...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Beginning January 1, 2024, the minimum wage across New York State will gradually increase to account for the rising cost of living....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York State released a revised model sexual harassment policy highlighting a lower legal threshold for conduct to constitute sexual harassment under the New York Human Rights Law and emphasizing through...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Legislators in New York City and State are considering several bills that could impact employers’ daily operations in the Empire State. The bills would broaden discrimination protections, require mandatory...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In December 2022, New York’s Governor signed several pieces of legislation impacting New York employers, most notably laws regulating lactation accommodation in the workplace and the electronic posting and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Under a new statute, New York employers are required to notify employees if they intend to monitor their company-controlled phones, email, or internet use....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The deadline for employers to distribute their airborne disease prevention safety plan and post the plan in the workplace is approaching. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a legislative package into law on July 8, 2021 that increases enforcement mechanisms for state agencies to impose a variety of penalties against employers who...more
The New York State Legislature is keeping busy with new employment legislation as the local and national economies continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will...more
Effective November 11, 2020, New York amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY WARN Act”) by expanding the government entities that must receive notice of a NY WARN Act triggering event, such as a...more
11/20/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
Notice Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
WARN Act
Governor Wolf announced on July 16, 2020 the creation of the COVID-19 Pennsylvania Hazard Pay Grant Program which provides employer funding for frontline worker pay premiums of businesses in eligible industries. ...more