After a failed attempt to ban non-compete agreements statewide last year, New York City legislators are now poised to take matters into their own hands. Just weeks ago, the New York City Council unveiled a trio of proposed...more
With only a few days left before New York’s pay transparency law takes effect, the state labor department issued proposed rules aiming to clarify employers’ wage disclosure obligations. Though the regulations are not yet...more
New York state lawmakers passed a flurry of employment-related bills in the final weeks of the legislative session. The bills – which now head to Governor Hochul’s desk for consideration – aim to provide workers in the state...more
6/27/2023
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New York lawmakers just passed legislation that would ban employee non-compete agreements, heading to Governor Hochul for consideration. If signed into effect by the governor, the law will be a sea change for New York...more
The movement to expand legal protections against forms of appearance-based discrimination could soon gain a formidable ally. The New York City Council passed a bill on May 11 that would prohibit employers from discriminating...more
After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more
1/5/2023
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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
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
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As part of the end-of-session rush of legislative activity, New York State lawmakers passed a bill that will require private-sector employers in the state to disclose salary ranges on job postings. The bill now heads to...more
New York City employers need to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job listings starting on May 15 due to a salary transparency statute enacted by the City earlier this year. While the statute left...more
Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more
12/29/2021
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Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Vaccinations ,
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Whistleblowers ,
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New York City employers who use artificial intelligence technologies to recruit and hire candidates and promote employees will soon face significant compliance obligations aimed at preventing bias when using such technology....more
A former employee of a prominent midtown Manhattan boutique hotel filed a class-action age discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, alleging the hotel failed to rehire her or other older employees after reopening...more
Further restrictions on New York City employers’ ability to take adverse action against applicants or employees based on their criminal history are on the horizon. The New York City Council just passed a bill which will...more
Nearly half of all COVID-19-related workplace lawsuits that have been initiated between employees and employers were filed in the past month, according to data collected by the Fisher Phillips COVID-19 Employment Litigation...more
7/6/2020
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Suffolk County, New York will soon follow other state and local governments that have enacted “ban the box” legislation focusing on an applicant’s qualifications for a position prior to considering the applicant’s possible...more
Gig workers in New York City recently gained a suite of workplace protections normally reserved for employees. The City Council amended its antidiscrimination laws in September to cover independent contractors, meaning that...more
“Anything you can do, I can do better.” That’s essentially the sentiment floating around Albany these days as New York lawmakers look enviously towards California and its groundbreaking new law that will soon revolutionize...more
An agreement to arbitrate sexual harassment claims is enforceable, according to a recent decision handed down by a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, despite a state law purporting to ban mandatory...more
8/2/2019
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This past week was a busy one for New York State lawmakers. In addition to passing game-changing legislation overhauling the state’s discrimination laws, the New York State Senate and Assembly just passed two pay equity bills...more
6/24/2019
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The New York City Council just passed legislation which will prohibit employers from requiring a prospective employee to submit to drug testing for the presence of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC), the active ingredient in...more
A New York federal court recently reinforced the limited geographic scope of the New York City Human Rights Law, a city law which provides broader anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections to employees than the New...more
2/26/2019
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In its final session of the year, the New York City Council voted to prohibit employment discrimination based on an individual’s reproductive health choices. On December 20, the Council approved an amendment to the New York...more
12/24/2018
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Reproductive Discrimination
Suffolk County joins New York City, Albany County, and Westchester County to become the latest jurisdiction in New York to ban employers from asking about a job applicant’s salary history. The Restrict Information Regarding...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
9/17/2018
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