On March 4, 2025, the New York Senate passed Senate Bill S372 (the “No Severance Ultimatums Act” or “S372”)....more
All New York employers are now required to provide 30-minute paid lactation breaks following a recent amendment to Labor Law § 206-c.
New York State has long required employers to support working mothers by providing...more
7/3/2024
/ Breastfeeding ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
New York ,
Pregnancy ,
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws
In the latest paid leave law development out of New York, the New York City Council amended the City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to create a private right of action....more
2/2/2024
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
New York ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 4516 (the “Act”). The Act amends Section 5-336 of the New York General Obligations Law to (1) prohibit employers from including certain...more
For New York employers, fall has brought with it more than just cooler temperatures, thanks to a wave of activity from Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk (after a busy legislative summer). Below, we highlight six significant...more
11/13/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Inventors ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Ownership of Works ,
Political Expression ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Social Media ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
The start of autumn means cooler weather, falling leaves, and, for employers with New York employees, updates to the New York Paid Family Leave (“Paid Family Leave”) program....more
As employers throughout New York State are now determining how to comply with the newest State-wide pay transparency law, which took effect on September 17, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) released proposed...more
9/20/2023
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
New Regulations ,
New York ,
NYDOL ,
Pay Transparency ,
Proposed Regulation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The time has come – New York employers are reminded that a statewide salary transparency law goes into effect on September 17, 2023. While many employers in New York City, Westchester County, the City of Ithaca and Albany...more
9/8/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
New Regulations ,
New York ,
Pay Transparency ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Shortly before amendments to New York State’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act (the “Act”) took effect on June 7, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published a model breast milk expression in the...more
This week, we unpack the major updates the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) incorporated into its model sexual harassment prevention policy:
The NYSDOL recently released major updates to its model sexual...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently released final—and significant—substantive changes to New York State’s model sexual harassment prevention policy (the “Final Updated Model Policy”) and related...more
On December 28, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 9450, which added new enforcement provisions to the New York Health And Essential Rights Act’s (NY HERO Act) workplace safety committee...more
When New York City amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (NYC ESSTA) two years ago to align with New York State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (NYS PSLL) more closely, Big Apple employers found themselves with limited formal...more
11/29/2022
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Medical Leave ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
November 1, 2022, is nigh. The date is significant for most employers in the City of New York because NYC Local Law 32, the salary transparency law (“the Law”), takes effect on that day....more
The New York State legislature passed S4844-B (the “Act”) on May 3, 2022, which would expand the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk in the workplace....more
The New York HERO Act website was quietly updated on the afternoon of March 18, 2022 to confirm that the designation of COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health has...more
As we previously reported, on January 26, 2022, amendments to New York’s whistleblower law took effect that significantly expand the scope and coverage of whistleblower rights and protections for workers who allege they have...more
2/17/2022
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
State Labor Laws ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
As we previously reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance to shorten its isolation and quarantine requirements. Joining other states and localities, on January 4, 2022, the New York...more
The New York State Acting Commissioner of Health has extended the designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to public health under the NY HERO Act until February...more
The city (and state) that never sleeps kept busy last year, enacting various laws that affect New York State and City employers in 2022. Below are some of the more recent enactments that employers should pay particular...more
1/10/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Masks ,
Minimum Salary ,
New York ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Following the state of Colorado’s lead, on December 15, 2021, the New York City Council enacted Int. 1208-B (the “Bill”), which requires most employers advertising job openings for positions performed in New York City to...more
As we previously reported, New York was one of the first states to require employers to provide paid COVID-19 vaccination leave for public and private employees. On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council approved a...more
On December 15, 2021, New York City followed up on the recently announced vaccine mandate for private employers by releasing further details, including several guidance documents and mandatory signage. The New York City...more
The Commissioner of the New York Department of Health has extended the designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to public health under the NY HERO Act until...more
On December 6, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would be adding new rules and requirements for vaccination against COVID-19, including a “universal” vaccine mandate affecting all private employers—about...more