New York employers have another reason to ensure that all employees are properly paid: the risk of criminal prosecution. On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to the New York Penal Law which...more
Amendments to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY WARN Act) that the New York State Department of Labor (NY DOL) adopted in June 2023 are now in effect. Among other things, the amended...more
Under a bill introduced at the New York City Council meeting on June 22, 2023, New York City employers would be required to allow employees to accrue up to 80 hours of personal time off that can be used for any reason, in...more
On June 7, 2023, the New York State Senate passed new sweeping legislation, Senate Bill S3100A (the "Bill"), which would ban post-employment noncompete agreements in New York. The Bill now heads to the New York State...more
As previously reported, the New York City council passed a bill prohibiting discrimination on the basis of an applicant or employee's actual or perceived height or weight. On May 26, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams...more
The Minnesota Legislature passed a bill, which Governor Tim Walz signed into law on May 24, 2023, that renders most future noncompete agreements with an employee or independent contractor void and unenforceable. The bill is...more
The New York City council passed a bill on May 11, 2023, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of an applicant's or employee's actual or perceived height or weight. The bill would amend the New York City Human Rights Law to...more
The New York State Department of Labor has added a new model sexual harassment training policy and new training materials to its "Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" website. While employers are not required to...more
On January 12, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (the "NYSDOL"), in consultation with the New York State Division of Human Rights (the "NYSDHR"), released a proposed Sexual Harassment Prevention Model Policy aimed...more
As reported in our December client alert, the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey Assembly passed bills under which sweeping amendments to New Jersey's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (NJ WARN) would go into effect on the...more
Over the course of the last year, New York employers saw significant state and local employment law developments. This trend will continue into the new year with a plethora of employment laws slated to become effective....more
Employers who employ individuals who work in New York City should be prepared to comply with the New York City wage transparency law, which goes into effect on November 1, 2022....more
Employers who retain independent contractors in New Jersey may face greater exposure for wage and hour claims following a recent ruling in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal....more
As of November 1, 2022, private businesses in New York City will no longer be required to mandate their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor Eric Adams recently announced. In fact, as of November 1, 2022, there...more
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed new legislation amending a broad non-compete ban passed in 2021 that had not yet taken effect. While the prior law banned almost all non-competes, the amended law narrows the...more
Governor Hochul just announced the launch of a toll-free confidential hotline for individuals to make complaints and seek advice regarding workplace sexual harassment. As discussed in our previous advisory (which can be found...more
The New York State legislature has passed a wage transparency law (available here), which has been sent to New York's Governor Kathy Hochul for signature. If signed, the NYS law would be effective 270 days later. The NYS law...more
On May 10, 2022, Delaware joined a growing number of states to enact a paid family and medical leave law. Entitled the Healthy Delaware Families Act, the new law establishes a Family Medical Leave Insurance Program which will...more
On April 28, 2022, the New York City Council amended the city's salary transparency law to delay its effective date from May 15, 2022 to November 1, 2022. As discussed in our previous advisories, the law amends the New York...more
Maryland has enacted legislation establishing a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide paid leave benefits to employees and a corresponding Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund to collect contributions from...more
As discussed in our previous advisory, the New York City Council passed a law amending the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to require that employers disclose a salary range for positions in all job postings. As the...more
Effective March 17, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) ended its designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health. (A copy of...more
Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign into law amendments (S5870 / A7101) to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) that would modify the definition of unlawful retaliation to include "disclosing an employee's...more
On February 15, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) extended its designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health through March...more
On January 14, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) updated its Isolation & Quarantine Guidance to reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendation that individuals who have...more