IMPORTANT LAW UPDATE FOR ALL EMPLOYERS IN NEW YORK CITY: On November 6, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an Amendment to New York City’s existing Earned Sick Time Act (“Sick Time Act”). The Amendment will go into effect on May 5, ...
IMPORTANT LAW UPDATE FOR ALL EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
On April 12, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York State 2019 Budget Bill, which contains, among other things, provisions regarding sexual harassment claims and ...
New York City's Fair Workweek Law Effective November 26, 2017
APPLIES TO FAST FOOD AND RETAIL EMPLOYERS
Employers must provide employees a good-faith estimate of how many hours they should expect to work per week. This notice must be ...
As of November 1, 2017:
APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYERS in New York City
EMPLOYERS MAY NO LONGER:
Ask about an applicant’s salary history (including benefits and other
compensation), either directly, in an application, by searching ...
The Freelance Isn’t Free Act law took effect on May 15, 2017. This NYC law establishes protections for freelance workers. FIFA defines a freelance worker as “any natural person or any organization composed of no more than one natural person, ...
We recently obtained a successful result at trial on behalf of a client who was falsely accused by a customer of sexual harassment.
Our client was accused of inappropriately touching a customer during a transaction that took place in the ...
Some New York employers provide their employees with their wages using a payroll debit card. The New York Department of Labor sought to regulate this payment of wages via debit payroll cards by requiring employers starting March 7, 2017, to ...
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on February 22, 2017 that regulations have been filed with the state to implement New York’s Paid Family Benefits Law (“PFBL”). The paid family leave policy is set to take effect as of January 1, 2018 and be ...
BREAKING NEWS: Effective December 31, 2016, there will be six different hourly minimum wages in New York State
These records can be referenced on the NY Labor Web Site here: ...
