Over the past two years, developments in employment law have focused on COVID-19. But there are developments in other areas of employment law, especially in New York, that employers must be aware of and plan for in the new...more
1/11/2022
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
In recognition of the challenges currently facing employers due to COVID-19, on May 8 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it will delay its collection of 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data until...more
5/16/2020
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, it is having a profound impact on employment relationships. With the situation changing daily, employers are making decisions that may impact the health of their employees, their...more
3/17/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Travel ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Layoffs ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OSHA ,
Pending Legislation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Sick Leave ,
Telecommuting ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
2019 brought a number of important changes in the law that warrant the attention of New York employers. Start off the new year right and ensure your calendars are up to date by including the 2020 effective dates of these New...more
1/15/2020
/ Conditional Job Offers ,
Contract Terms ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
NYSHRL ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Gap ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
Salaried Employees ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Pursuant to a recent court order, employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors must submit employee wage and hour data organized into categories of race, sex and ethnicity (referred to as “EEO-1...more
5/15/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
In the fast-paced world of employment law, where scandals and groundbreaking lawsuits are front page news, more mundane requirements for documentation that employers provide to candidates and employees can fall through the...more
9/25/2017
/ Bonuses ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Severance Agreements ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act