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2024 Brings Change for New York Employers

LEGISLATION - This year brings significant legislative updates recently passed in New York that may impact your business operations. Three of these laws, and a recent Court of Appeals decision, introduce important changes...more

NYC Employers Using AI for Screening Beware

Starting January 1, 2023, New York City employers that utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) decision-making tools in their hiring practices will need to provide notice to applicants of the technology and conduct independent...more

New York City Clarifies Pay Transparency Timetable—Delays Effective Date

As previewed in our April 5, 2022, client alert (New York Employers, Take Note! Two New Laws Effective in May | Blank Rome LLP), New York City has rolled back to November 1, 2022, the effective date of its amendment to the...more

New York Employers, Take Note! Two New Laws Effective in May

New York businesses face not one, but two new laws which significantly impact employers and take effect next month. The first requires employers in New York City to provide salary ranges when advertising employment...more

New Year, New Legal Requirements for New York Employers

While New York employers will likely face ongoing challenges in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business operations, they must also contend with a number of new and recently enacted employment laws. To help...more

EEOC Releases New Guidance on Impact of COVID-19 Vaccinations

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released updated guidance on December 16, 2020, to address the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace. The guidance indicates that employers may require...more

New York City Matches New York State’s Sick Leave Requirements, and Adds More

New York City recently amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (the “Act”) to match New York State’s recent changes to the Labor Law requiring all employers to provide sick leave to employees as discussed in our prior posts...more

Act Now! Changes to New York Sick Leave Are Here

New York State’s amendments to its Labor Law requiring all employers to provide sick leave to employees are effective on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Signed into law by Governor Cuomo in April as part of the State Budget...more

Illinois Bankruptcy Court Holds That Force Majeure Clause Excused Nonpayment of Rent Resulting from Government Restrictions on...

In In re: Hitz Restaurant Group, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois became the first court in the country to find that a force majeure clause excused nonperformance of contractual...more

Empire State Requires All Employers to Provide Sick Leave

Late last month, Governor Cuomo signed into law the State Budget (S7506B), which includes new paid and unpaid sick leave requirements for employers in New York State. The law requires that all employers provide workers with...more

Planning for Economic Downturn Related to COVID-19

With the new restrictions being imposed by state and city officials across the nation, including the closing of schools, restaurants, bars, retail stores, and other establishments where people gather en masse, many companies...more

How to Address Coronavirus-Related Landlord-Tenant Issues

This client alert provides some concrete advice to landlords, building owners, and management companies of both commercial and residential buildings dealing with issues surrounding the coronavirus....more

Coronavirus Guidance for Employers: Pandemic Declaration and Government Action

COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the “coronavirus”) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”) on March 11, 2020, and continues to impact businesses and public life around the world. The U.S....more

How to Approach Coronavirus - Related Workplace Scenarios

COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the “coronavirus”), a respiratory illness that was first diagnosed in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has hit the United States. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) has declared the outbreak a...more

Guidance for Employers to Address Coronavirus in the Workplace

COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the “coronavirus”), a respiratory illness that was first diagnosed in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has hit the United States. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) has declared the outbreak a...more

Supreme Court Declines to Clarify ADA Applicability to Websites and Mobile Apps, Resulting in a Ninth Circuit Decision That Is Bad...

On October 7, 2019, the Supreme Court denied Domino’s petition for writ of certiorari in Robles v. Domino's Pizza LLC, 913 F.3d 898 (2019), leaving in place the Ninth Circuit’s pronouncement that Title III of the Americans...more

Department of Labor Expands Eligibility for Overtime Pay to Estimated 1.3 Million Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled its final revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) “white collar” exemption regulations on Tuesday, September 24, ultimately increasing the minimum salary threshold to be exempt...more

New York Expands Workplace Protections for Religious Attire, Clothing, and Facial Hair

A new amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law expressly prohibits workplace discrimination based on religious attire, clothing, and facial hair. New York employers should review their current policies and work with...more

New York Closes in on Comprehensive Employee Wage Lien Law

New York is on the precipice of passing a law that would allow employees to easily file liens against an employer’s property in connection with pending wage disputes. The bill also would permit employee access to certain...more

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