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Key Employment Law Updates from the 2024 New York Legislative Session
By Paul F. Keneally, Esq. and Ryan T. Biesenbach, Esq. Several new employment law changes were included in the recently passed 2024 New...
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Underberg & Kessler
Jul 234 min
Underberg & Kessler Attorneys Recognized in the 2024 Power Lists for Law
Congratulations to Joshua B. Beisker, Leah Tarantino Cintineo, Patrick L. Cusato, and Paul F. Keneally for being selected to the 2024...
Underberg & Kessler
Jul 182 min
Paul F. Keneally Honored by Literacy Rochester with Visionary Award
Congratulations to Paul F. Keneally, partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Municipal Law practice groups, for being...
Underberg & Kessler
Jun 121 min
Paul F. Keneally Shares Insight on Local Manager Fired Over Shoplifter
Labor & Employment partner, Paul F. Keneally, was recently interviewed by News10NBC about the firing of a manager of a local Big Lots who...
Paul F. Keneally
May 32 min
New Employer Obligations in NYS: Paid Breaks for the Expression of Breast Milk and Paid Prenatal Care Leave
The New York State Budget was passed in late April 2024 and includes new duties for employers regarding employees expressing breast milk...
Paul F. Keneally
Apr 262 min
NYS COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ending July 31, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget on April 20, 2024. One of the key budget components impacting...
Underberg & Kessler
Mar 61 min
U&K Attorneys Comment on Emerging Litigation Risks in Rochester Business Journal Article
Paul F. Keneally and Ryan T. Biesenbach, were featured in a recent article published in the Rochester Business Journal. The article, “How c
Paul F. Keneally
Jan 161 min
Beware of Wrongly Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors
The United States Department of Labor has issued a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, governing the analysis of whether a worker is an...
Paul F. Keneally
Aug 31, 20231 min
Monroe County Joins “Ban the Box” Movement
Joining many municipalities across New York State, including the cities of Albany and Rochester, and the Town of Brighton, Monroe County...
Underberg & Kessler
Aug 30, 20231 min
U&K Attorneys Named to 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
We are proud to announce that twelve attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and...
Underberg & Kessler
Aug 18, 20232 min
Underberg & Kessler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®
We are proud to announce that 15 attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and one attorney was...
Paul F. Keneally
Jul 13, 20231 min
NLRB’s Views on Severance Agreements and Independent Contractor Definition Changes
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently found that certain common provisions of employer-provided severance agreements . . .
Paul F. Keneally
Jul 10, 20232 min
Non-Competes Soon To Be No More in New York?
Restrictive covenants generally, and covenants not to compete in particular, have long been difficult to enforce in New York, under . . .
Paul F. Keneally
May 31, 20231 min
Public Employees Must Be Aware of So-Called “First Amendment Audits”
In a recent trend, public employees across the country have found themselves the subject of live video and/or audio of them at work.
Underberg & Kessler
Apr 27, 20231 min
Paul K. Keneally Named to 2023 Power 20 Labor & Employment Law List
Congratulations to Paul for being selected to The Daily Record's 2023 Power 20 Labor & Employment Law list for the second year in a row.
Paul F. Keneally
Apr 3, 20232 min
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Overtime Exemption for Highly Compensated Employees
In its recent decision in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, the United States Supreme Court ruled that high compensation . . .
Paul F. Keneally
Mar 6, 20231 min
Large NYS Employers with Warehouse Workers Must Follow New Law
Effective February 9, 2023, upon execution by Governor Hochul, the New York State Warehouse Worker Protection Act requires New York . . .
Underberg & Kessler
Feb 17, 20231 min
Sharing Insight with HR Professionals at the 2023 Legal Update
Our Labor & Employment team spoke to a sold-out crowd at the 2023 Legal Update regarding NYS's sexual harassment prevention program.
Paul F. Keneally
Jan 3, 20231 min
Employers Must Now Also Electronically Post Labor and Employment Law Notices
In a new law just enacted in New York, and effective immediately, employers must now have all the familiar labor and employment law...
Paul F. Keneally
Nov 21, 20222 min
EEOC Offers Latest Advice on Propriety of Employer COVID Testing
As the COVID pandemic wanes, the EEOC has repeatedly updated its guidance on COVID testing by an employer. In its latest version. . .
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