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What Responsibilities Do Employers Have Under New York State’s Retail Worker Safety Act?

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law on Sept. 4, 2024. The Act will require covered retail employers to: 1.Adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy...more

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New York Retailers Face New Workplace Safety, Violence Prevention Requirements

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New York retail businesses with 10 or more employees have less than six months to prepare for new workplace violence prevention requirements included in the state’s recently passed Retail Workers Safety Act (RWSA). The law...more

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New Protections for Freelancers Statewide Under the New York Freelance Isn’t Free Act

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Originally effective in New York City from May 15, 2017, the New York Freelance Isn’t Free Act will now expand its protections to freelance workers across the entire state, effective August 28, 2024. This updated legislation...more

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New York City Is Proposing a Pay Data Reporting Requirement

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The New York City Council is proposing a bill (Int. No. 982) that would require employers to disclose pay data. Under the law, employers with more than 25 employees working in New York City will be required to report to the...more

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Freelance Isn’t Free: A Contract Ingredient for New York’s Restaurants

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New York’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act, which requires that a business provide any freelance worker with a written contract if the freelance work is worth at least $800, inclusive of multiple projects over a 120-days period,...more

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New York Governor Signs Significant Legislature Impacting Employer Requirements for Pregnant and Nursing Employees

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On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a significant amendment to New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law (NY State Labor Law § 196-b), mandating that all New York employers provide 20 hours of paid prenatal...more

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New York Employers Must Provide Paid Lactation Breaks: 4 Key Takeaways

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Nursing employees now have the right to paid break time to express breast milk during the workday under a New York State law that took effect June 19. This move underscores Governor Hochul’s push for legislation supporting...more

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New York now requires paid lactation breaks

As of June 19, employees working in New York are entitled to 30 minutes of paid break time (plus additional unpaid break time, as needed) to express breast milk. The New York legislature has been increasing protections for...more

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Freelance Isn’t Free Act Soon Takes Effect Throughout New York State

For employers doing business in New York, the “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act (the “Act”) signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul in March of this year may have stirred up memories of the New York City ordinance enacted just a...more

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New York State Department of Labor Issues Updated Materials on Workplace Lactation Rights

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The New York State Department of Labor has issued revised materials, including an updated mandatory model policy, ahead of the June 19, 2024, effective date for the transition of workplace lactation breaks from unpaid to paid...more

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NYS Legislative Session Concludes

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The 2024 New York State legislative session has concluded. The end of the session was largely overshadowed by Governor Hochul’s directive to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to halt the implementation of congestion...more

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New York State Set To Expand Lactation Break Law

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Effective June 19, 2024, New York State’s lactation break law will expand to require that employers offer thirty minutes of paid break time for an employee to express breastmilk for a nursing child, whenever the employee has...more

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Employment Law Update: New York is the First State to Mandate That Employers Pay for Prenatal Care Leave

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New York is the first state in the United States to require employers to pay for prenatal personal care for their employees. On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a budget bill that amends New...more

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New York Employers: New York Has Become the First State to Mandate Paid Prenatal Leave, Among Other Major Updates

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On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York State’s Budget for fiscal year 2025. The new Budget includes a few key bills impacting New York employers and employees alike, as stated in depth...more

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New York Is First State to Offer Employees Paid Prenatal Personal Leave

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On April 19, 2024, Governor Hochul signed an amendment to New York Labor Law § 196-b (the statewide paid sick and safe leave law), making New York State the first state to require private employers to offer their employees a...more

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Saying Goodbye to New York’s COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law in 2025

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State had enacted a law requiring covered employers to provide paid sick leave and job-related protections to their employees subject to a COVID-19 mandatory or precautionary...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain — Part 121: New York City Paid Sick Time Turns 10 Years Old

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Earlier this month, the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) – the City’s paid sick leave mandate – celebrated its 10-year anniversary....more

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New York Leads the Way with New Paid Prenatal Leave

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The New York State Legislature’s recently passed budget included a provision making pregnant employees eligible for employer paid time off from work for doctor appointments, medical procedures or other types of prenatal...more

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New York Employers Must Now Provide Paid Prenatal Leave

New York has become the first state in the nation to mandate paid prenatal leave for pregnant employees. Governor Kathy Hochul signed new legislation on April 22, 2024, to expand the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“NY PFL”)...more

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New York State Budget Includes Enhanced Employer Obligations

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The New York State enacted budget for fiscal year 2024 changes employers’ obligations by adding paid leave for prenatal care, converting unpaid break time for purposes of expressing breast milk into paid time, and...more

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New York Becomes the First State to Mandate Paid Prenatal Leave and Sets COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Sunset Date

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Making New York the first state to mandate paid prenatal leave, the legislature on April 19, 2024 passed an amendment to New York Labor Law § 196-b that will require employers to provide up to 20 hours of paid leave in a...more

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The Birth of Another Form of Paid Leave: Prenatal Leave for New York-Based Employees

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Over the weekend, the New York State Legislature passed the state budget for fiscal year 2025. The budget contains expanded access to paid leave for pregnant employees, including up to 20 hours of leave per year for pregnant...more

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Key Updates for Employers in New York State: What Made the Budget and What Got Cut?

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Employers should get ready to comply with key workplace changes since New York lawmakers just finalized the state budget. The 2024-2025 budget – which was approved on April 20 – ushers in three significant updates impacting...more

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New York State Passes FY25 Budget

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This weekend, state lawmakers passed the $237B FY25 state budget, reflecting an increase of $8B from FY24. The budget was passed more than two weeks after the deadline of April 1, and will be retroactively in effect from...more

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Staying Compliant - Avoiding Wage Theft in New York

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In October 2023, we wrote an alert detailing an amendment to New York's Penal Code that added wage theft as a means of committing criminal larceny. This amendment, along with the creation of a specialized Worker Protection...more

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