Businesses in New York will soon need to provide written agreements to many "freelancers" under a new law recently signed by Governor Kathy Hochul. The "Freelance Isn't Free Act," which will become effective on May 20, 2024,...more
The state of New York has enacted legislation clarifying the scope of an employer's ownership of intellectual property created by its employees (A. 5295). Effective immediately, Governor Hochul has signed a law invalidating...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
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
New York's Governor Kathy Hochul has signed amendments to the New York State Wage Transparency Law, which will be effective September 17, 2023.
As reported in our previous advisories, the law will require New York...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
On December 21, 2022, Governor Hochul signed the New York State Pay Transparency Law. (See our previous client alert.) The law will go into effect in 270 days, on September 17, 2023....more
New Jersey has passed a bill to accelerate the effective date of amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act ("NJ WARN") passed in January 2020, which were originally scheduled to take effect...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released an updated poster that employers are required to prominently display in their workplaces. This poster replaces the "EEO is the Law" poster. The EEOC website...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
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
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 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
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
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
In addition to receiving paid leave to obtain their own COVID-19 vaccinations (discussed in our March 29, 2021, advisory), employees in New York City may now take additional sick leave to get COVID-19 vaccinations for their...more
Over a year after the effective date of the New York State Sick Leave Law (SLL), the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) has formally adopted rules, first proposed in December 2020, governing the law....more
Under a new law passed by the New York City Council, which will go into effect in April 2022 if not vetoed by January 14, 2022, employers in New York City will have to include the minimum and maximum starting salary for any...more
Newly enacted legislation, to be codified at § 52-c of the New York Civil Rights Law, requires all private employers to give written notice to their employees, at the time of hire, if the employer monitors or intercepts its...more