This week, both houses of the New York state legislature passed a package of amendments (the “Amendments”) to the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act” or the “Act”) designed to clarify, modify, and delay...more
6/15/2021
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
New Amendments ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
State Legislatures ,
Workplace Safety
As we previously reported, on August 3, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) struck down four provisions of the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) regulations interpreting...more
9/22/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EFMLA ,
Eligibility ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Intermittent Leave ,
Paid Leave
On August 3, 2020, U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken issued a decision in State of New York v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., No. 1:20-cv-03020 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 3, 2020), which vacated several portions of the Department of...more
On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued significant pro-employer decisions in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures (Nos. 13-4478-cv, 13-4481-cv) (“Fox”) and Wang v. Hearst Corp. (No. 13-4480-cv) (“Hearst”)...more
7/28/2015
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Classification ,
Collective Actions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fox Searchlight Pictures ,
FRCP 23 ,
Hearst ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour