Retail employers in New York will soon need to implement comprehensive safety measures designed to address the increasing problem of workplace violence. Last week, Governor Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act...more
New York City employers should review their handbooks and employment agreements to ensure they comply with a new law that took effect May 11. Lawmakers recently amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to prohibit...more
A National Labor Relations Board Regional Director recently ruled that non-scholarship college basketball players are “employees” under federal labor law, setting the table for a potential seismic shift in the way your...more
Colorado and Washington will likely become the latest states to ban employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees concerning religious or political matters. Such employer-sponsored meetings, known as “captive...more
New York City officials just published the much-anticipated Workers’ Bill of Rights – and NYC businesses must provide a copy to current employees by July 1. You’ll also need to start providing it to any subsequent new hires....more
Continuing a years’ long trend of extensive alterations to workplace laws, New York State and New York City continued to enact new workplace legislation impacting employers. A substantial number of enacted bills in the past...more
1/11/2024
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Freelance Workers ,
Minimum Wage ,
New York ,
Pay Transparency ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Workplace Safety
A recently signed state law will soon protect New York freelance and contract workers from wage theft and delayed payments – and require businesses to put certain terms in writing. Businesses across the state will need to...more
New York City recently enacted a law requiring businesses to provide a “workers’ Bill of Rights” to employees – so you should add this new requirement to your 2024 to-do list. The New York City Council passed the measure...more
Effective August 1, Minnesota now prohibits employers from “captive audience meetings” – that is, requiring, under threat of discharge, discipline, or some other penalty, employee attendance or participation in...more
For the first time ever, app-based restaurant delivery workers in New York City – engaged as independent contractors – are set to make a minimum wage. The nation’s first-of-its-kind law is set to have a massive impact, as it...more
A New York federal judge recently shook up the employment law world when he ruled that a new federal law preventing employers from requiring arbitration in sexual harassment claims also blocked arbitration for other claims...more
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. recently announced a new prosecutorial branch tasked with investigating and prosecuting wage theft and other forms of worker harassment and exploitation throughout the borough. The...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently delivered her second State of the State address – her first as an elected governor – and managed to provide insight on a few key areas of workplace law that will affect New York...more
1/20/2023
/ Diversity ,
Employee Training ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
New York ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State of the State ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
Employers are living in a world where business and workplace operations are increasingly becoming more technology driven and data intensive. From a workplace perspective, employers are more heavily relying upon technology to...more
New York City employers should breathe a sigh of relief as the City recently issued rules to clarify a groundbreaking law about to go into effect aimed at protecting employees from unlawful discrimination when artificial...more
Cryptocurrency and the gig economy are a natural fit, and as companies grow faster and expand both nationally and globally, there is a crypto option that is becoming increasingly attractive to both gig economy businesses and...more
As the New York State legislative session came to a close, state lawmakers passed a flurry of laws providing protections to workers, ranging from wage protections for freelance workers, prohibitions against absence control...more
6/10/2022
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Freelance Workers ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Leave of Absence ,
New Legislation ,
Nurses ,
Over-Time ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Warehouses ,
Workplace Safety
A popular stablecoin plummeted in value on Wednesday, sending shivers down the spines of crypto investors who were banking on a bit more stability with their holdings – and providing three key takeaways to employers who may...more
A federal judge in New York recently held that workers cannot assert claims for violations of New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) in federal court – a ruling that further helps employers defend against these...more
5/3/2022
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Class Action ,
Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Standing ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act