The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection adopted new amended rules to the ESSTA. The amended rules, which just went into effect on Oct. 15, essentially codify the 2020 statutory amendments to the ESSTA...more
On September 28, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill (Intro. 2032-A (Cohen)) amending the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to align it with the New York State Sick Leave Law...more
As a reminder, in follow-up to our Employment Law Spotlight Blog, effective September 30, 2020, New York state employers must provide New York state sick leave (NYSSL) to employees. Although the NYSSL law goes into effect...more
Just weeks after New York state implemented an Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law, late last week, New York state passed a statewide paid sick leave (State PSL) law as part of its fiscal year 2020-2021 budget....more
Welcome to the Spring edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
4/1/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Breastfeeding ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Expression ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Minimum Wage ,
On-Call Employees ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more
7/20/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
That’s right. Just when many employers started getting used to New York City’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”), New York City went ahead and adopted the final amended Earned Sick Time Act Rules (“Final Amended ESTA Rules”). The...more
As most New York City employers know by now, the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (“Act”) is scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2014. While the Act was adopted in the summer of 2013, it was subsequently amended after...more