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Effective June 19, 2024, New York Labor Law § 206-c was amended to provide employees a 30-minute paid break to express breast milk. This 30-minute paid break time to express milk in the workplace is applicable to all public...more
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
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
Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget (the “NYS 2025 Budget”) on April 20, 2024....more
Lawmakers recently approved the 2024-2025 New York State budget, revising a number of laws that employers must be mindful of to ensure compliance. Specifically, these changes include: (1) the implementation of prenatal leave...more
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
The New York Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published the “Workers’ Bill of Rights” on March 1, 2024. The Workers’ Bill of Rights is meant to serve as a comprehensive guide to rights in the workplace in...more
In the latest paid leave law development out of New York, the New York City Council amended the City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to create a private right of action....more
2023 was a seismic year for the employment landscape, with changes to state and federal laws that touch on hiring, firing, and just about everything in between. Members of Fenwick’s employment group recently walked through...more
On December 20, 2023, the New York City Council passed legislation that would create a private right of action to enforce the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act ("ESSTA")....more
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) on the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”). As summarized below, the Final Rule...more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection adopted new amended rules to the ESSTA. The amended rules, which just went into effect on Oct. 15, essentially codify the 2020 statutory amendments to the ESSTA...more
As COVID-19 cases increase in New York, employers are reminded that the state continues to mandate paid COVID-19 sick leave in most cases. Unlike paid COVID-19 leave under the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act,...more
The 2023 President’s Day weekend will bring a significant change affecting almost all employers in New York State. Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill A8092B (“the bill”) into law on November 21, 2022, approving...more
When New York City amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (NYC ESSTA) two years ago to align with New York State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (NYS PSLL) more closely, Big Apple employers found themselves with limited formal...more
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work quickly proliferated, and has continued in some fashion ever since. As a consequence, there has also been a proliferation of employers that have become multijurisdictional...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
Our weekly Business in 2021 series will continue to cover how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do business as well as other topics relevant in today’s business environment. Our 45-minute webinar provides timely...more
As 2021 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at some of the major developments in New York City and New York state employment law this past year, and a look ahead as to what’s to come in the New Year. We start our...more
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has just signed a bill that expands the definition of “family member” under the New York Paid Family Leave Law to include siblings. The expanded definition goes into effect on January 1, 2023...more
New York employers will soon need to provide Paid Family Leave to employees to care for additional family members with a serious health condition: siblings. Governor Kathy Hochul just signed into law an amendment to New...more
New York City hospitality employers face a myriad of requirements under federal, state, and local laws. This employment law "checklist" provides a guide for such businesses in order to ensure that they are onboarding new...more
New York State recently took legislative action to facilitate its COVID-19 vaccine rollout by requiring all New York employers to provide employees up to four hours of paid leave for each COVID-19 vaccine injection received...more
Really … another new paid leave requirement from New York? Yes indeed. On Friday, March 12, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed a new law amending New York’s Labor Law and granting employees up to four hours of paid leave per...more
On January 20, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor issued new guidance on the State’s COVID-19 leave law, which requires that employers provide up to fourteen days of job-protected leave to eligible employees who are...more