On April 9, 2022, New York passed a $20 billion, multi-year healthcare investment in the FY 2023 State Budget. According to Governor Kathy Hochul, the budget includes “historic investments that will rebuild the health care...more
Over the past several years, both New York State and New York City have enacted significant new employment and labor laws. This Update summarizes the key laws you should be following and the penalties for violations.
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12/17/2018
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Corporate Counsel ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Chance Act ,
Freelance Isn't Free Act (FIFA) ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
Safe Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act ,
Work Schedules
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has announced it will no longer apply the “80/20 rule” to tipped employees, and will no longer require employers to pay the full minimum wage for time spent by a tipped...more
11/13/2018
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Deregulation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Food Service Workers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
On September 18, 2018, a year after a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Marsh v. J. Alexander’s LLC, 869 F.3d 1108, a larger en banc panel of the court has...more
10/4/2018
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dismissals ,
Food Service Workers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Job Descriptions ,
Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages