- With the World Health Organization having declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, firms should take reasonable precautions to protect themselves and their personnel.
- Below are some suggested...more
3/3/2020
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Policies ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Investment Firms ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Traveling Employee ,
Workplace Safety ,
World Health Organization
• Whistleblower Carve-Out: For all employment-related agreements containing non-disclosure provisions signed on or after January 1, 2020, firms should include new “whistleblower carve-out” language as dictated by New York...more
1/6/2020
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Management ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
• The New York State Equal Pay Act (EPA) now will apply to all protected categories (including race, national origin, religion, etc.) rather than just gender, dramatically expanding the reach of the statute.
• New York...more
8/20/2019
/ Dress Codes ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Race Discrimination ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Voting Leave ,
Wage and Hour
• Amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) lower the bar for employees and individual nonemployees pursuing discrimination and harassment claims.
• In several respects, the amendments align the NYSHRL...more
8/15/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Legislation ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Independent Contractors ,
NYCHRL ,
NYSHRL ,
Protected Class ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
• The training requirements of the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act went into effect on April 1, 2019. The new requirements add to those already in place for New York City firms under the New York Labor Law (NYLL).
•...more
4/22/2019
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Posting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workplace Communication
• Two new measures expand New York City firms’ obligations with respect to nursing mothers.
• Effective March 17, 2019, firms must provide a lactation room and refrigeration suitable for breast-milk storage, unless doing...more
• On August 23, 2018, New York State issued FAQs and other draft guidance regarding the recently passed New York State anti-sexual harassment laws.
• Firms must implement new anti-sexual harassment policies by October 9,...more
• New York City’s new Temporary Schedule Change Law requires firms to accommodate employee requests for temporary schedule changes for qualifying reasons up to two times per year.
• An amendment to the New York City Human...more
8/16/2018
/ Amended Legislation ,
Cooperative Dialogue ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
New Legislation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Communication
• Connecticut has passed a law barring firms from asking job candidates about their compensation history.
• The law mirrors legislation recently enacted in New York City, California, and elsewhere.
• The law goes into...more
• New measure expands the NYC Earned Sick Time Act to Cover “Safe Time.”
• Safe Time can be used when an employee or a member of the employee’s family has been the victim of a family offense matter, sexual offense,...more
5/11/2018
/ Amended Legislation ,
Domestic Violence ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Trafficking ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Stalking ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Communication
• New York’s Paid Family Leave Law went into effect on January 1, 2018.
• All New York employers are impacted.
• New York employers have an obligation to notify employees of their right to paid family leave.
• Firms...more
• OMB has frozen the Obama-era employee pay data collection requirements that were set to take effect in March 2018.
• Employers should continue to use the prior version of the EEO-1 form and will have until March 31, 2018...more
9/6/2017
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Stays ,
Wage and Hour
Yesterday, the New York City Council passed a bill prohibiting firms from inquiring about, or relying on, an applicant’s salary history in connection with the recruiting or hiring process. The bill, which would amend the New...more
Background -
Recently, the NYAG has turned quite a few heads by entering into a new legal arena: challenging non-compete agreements between companies and their employees. The NYAG settled two investigations brought...more
Key Points -
- The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Bridgewater Associates, challenging contractual provisions of a type that are commonplace at hedge funds and private equity firms.
...more
Key Points -
- To the surprise of many, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) has become active in challenging non-compete agreements entered into between companies and their employees.
- The NYAG’s...more
If you read one thing…
- A new federal law provides a cause of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets.
- The statute provides significant new remedies, including potential royalties for the misuse of...more
If you read one thing…
- A new federal law provides a cause of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets.
- The statute provides significant new remedies, including potential royalties for the misuse...more
If you read one thing...
- New Paid Family Leave Law will impact all New York companies
- New rules regarding NYC’s Earned Sick Time Act require changes to companies’ approach to employee sick time...more
Over the past few months, New York lawmakers have accelerated their recent trend of making New York one of the most employee-friendly (and employer-unfriendly) states in the nation. Falling on the heels of other recent state...more
The dramatic drop in the price of oil is forcing many energy-related companies to reevaluate their operations and consider steps to trim their costs. With recent developments in the industry and predictions that low oil...more
If you read one thing...
- The EEOC has announced a proposal to start collecting employee compensation information from companies with 100 or more employees, and is seeking comments, which are due by April 1,...more
If you read one thing...
- The EEOC has announced plans to collect employee compensation information from firms with 100 or more employees.
- The EEOC’s announcement is just the latest regulatory...more
New York City’s new Mass Transit Benefits Law (MTBL) takes effect on January 1, 2016. The law requires covered firms to offer eligible employees the opportunity to use pre-tax income to pay for certain qualified transit...more
Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law eight (8) bills forming the bulk of the Women’s Equality Act, originally introduced in the New York State Legislature in 2012. The legislation amends the New York Labor Law and the...more
10/27/2015
/ Amended Legislation ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Best Management Practices ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Human Rights Code ,
Labor Code ,
New Legislation ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Wages ,
Women's Equality Act