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New York State Leads the Nation with January 2025 Paid Prenatal Leave for Private-Sector Employees

Beginning January 1, 2025, New York will become the first state in the United States to require all private employers to provide their employees with paid prenatal personal leave. The new paid prenatal leave law, proposed...more

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New York Passes Much-Anticipated Law Authorizing Pharmacy Shared Services Arrangements

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On November 22, 2024, the Governor of New York signed into law a closely watched bill that expressly authorizes pharmacy shared services arrangements in the state. These models were not previously addressed in New York’s...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Hospital Administrators – Is Your Hospital Cyber-Secure?

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On October 2, 2024, New York adopted new regulations requiring general hospitals to implement heightened cybersecurity safeguards. General hospitals, as defined in Article 28 of the NY Public Health Law, generally must begin...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Biotech Company Settles with Three State AGs Over Security Practices

A biotech company recently settled with three AGs over allegations that it had failed to protect consumer information. According to the AGs of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, this led to a 2023 data incident. The...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New York Attorney General Publishes Website Privacy Controls Guidance

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Keypoint: Although New York lacks a consumer data privacy law, the New York Attorney General’s office has taken the position that New York’s consumer protection laws require entities to implement certain tracking technology...more

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New York Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance on Customer Service Requirements for Virtual Currency

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On May 30, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) published a press release and issued guidance to Virtual Currency Entities (VCEs) concerning the DFS’s expectations for the resolution of customer service...more

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Bit by bit: improving consumer complaint processes in crypto

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On May 30, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYSDFS" or the "Department") issued guidance to all virtual currency businesses licensed or chartered with the Department ("VCEs"), including those...more

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Changes in Workplace Protections: EEOC’s Finalized Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations and New York State’s Paid Prenatal...

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Recent legislative developments at both the federal and state levels have extended workplace protections for pregnant individuals and new parents. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a final regulation...more

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Amidst Union Complaints, New York Adds Guidance for Hospital Staffing Committees

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In response to thousands of agency complaints it received in 2023, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued guidance to hospitals on March 26, 2024, regarding compliance with recent legislation on clinical...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NY’s New Employment Law Targets Privacy Concerns

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In the current age of social media, employers have begun to increasingly rely on digital platforms to screen prospective employees. In an effort to address the growing concerns over privacy and the use of social media in...more

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NYSE Publishes 2024 Listed Company Compliance Guidance Memo

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On January 31, 2024, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) published its 2024 Listed Company Compliance Guidance Memo. The NYSE Memo contains general guidance with important reminders for all NYSE listed companies, along with a...more

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New York Amends Workplace Violence Prevention Law to Extend Coverage to Public Schools

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Since 2006, public employers in New York have been required to implement programs to prevent and minimize workplace violence. Public school employers, including public school districts, New York City public schools, Boards of...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

More Lawsuits Threaten New York’s Cannabis Licensing Program

A group of women-owned businesses hoping to obtain a retail or microbusiness permit to sell cannabis has asked a court to immediately stop New York state’s current licensing program for retail dispensaries and microbusinesses...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New York State Prepares to Regulate Hospital Cybersecurity Programs

On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to regulate cybersecurity for New York general hospitals regulated under Article 28 of the Public Health Law. As proposed, the regulations will provide an additional...more

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New York State Issues Updated Sexual Harassment Materials

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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has published updated versions of its sexual harassment prevention materials. Specifically, the NYSDOL updated the following: (1) the model sexual harassment policy; (2) the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Employers, Are Your Leave Policies Ready to Ring in 2023?

With the arrival of the new year comes the effective date of many new leave laws (and expansion of existing leave laws) across the United States. Below we summarize family and sick leave laws that will take effect across...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New York Paid Family Leave Law: Are You Ready for 2023?

As we approach the New Year, employers should keep in mind that several updates to the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“NYPFLL”) are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2023. In effect since 2018, the NYPFLL provides...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Host Homes Program for Putting Children at Risk

Last week, Proskauer filed an Article 78 petition on behalf of The Legal Aid Society, Lawyers For Children, and the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo — three organizations that represent children in foster care proceedings —...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Update on the NYS HERO Act: COVID-19 Designation Ends

The New York State Commissioner of Health’s designation of COVID-19 under the Health & Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act”) as an “airborne infectious disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health” ended on...more

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2021 New York State, City Legislative and Related Developments; 2022 Outlook

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While most of our focus over the last year has been on COVID-19-related developments, New York State and New York City employers also must ensure compliance with other recent and upcoming legal changes...more

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Workplace Safety Committees Defined in Proposed Regulations for New York State’s HERO Act

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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has released long-awaited proposed rules for the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (also known as the HERO Act) addressing joint labor-management workplace safety...more

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Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Requiring Online Posting of Documents 24 Hours Prior to Discussion at Open Meetings

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This week, Governor Hochul signed legislation aimed at improving transparency of government at all levels. The amendment to the Open Meetings Law mandates, as much as practicable, to have any resolutions, laws, rules,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

COVID-19 Designated as an Airborne Infectious Disease under New York State’s HERO Act

On Monday, September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Commissioner of Health has designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public...more

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Employers Have 30 Days to Adopt Conforming Plans

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The clock is now running: New York employers have until August 5, 2021, to adopt workplace safety plans, in accordance with the NY HERO Act (“Act”). As we previously reported, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Act into law on...more

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New York Amendments To HERO Act Give Labor Department, Employers More Time To Comply

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Amendments to New York’s Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act) give the state Department of Labor more time, until July 5, 2021, to create industry-specific model safety standards and to clarify when employers must...more

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