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Several key employment law changes in New York have already taken effect or will begin in 2025. It’s essential for employers to stay...

Paul F. Keneally has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of St. John’s Foundation.

Beginning June 2, 2025, certain New York State retailers selling “consumer commodities” with ten (10) or more employees will be required...

By Paul F. Keneally, Esq. and Ryan T. Biesenbach, Esq. Several new employment law changes were included in the recently passed 2024 New...

Congratulations to Joshua B. Beisker, Leah Tarantino Cintineo, Patrick L. Cusato, and Paul F. Keneally for being selected to the 2024...

Congratulations to Paul F. Keneally, partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Municipal Law practice groups, for being...

Labor & Employment partner, Paul F. Keneally, was recently interviewed by News10NBC about the firing of a manager of a local Big Lots who...

The New York State Budget was passed in late April 2024 and includes new duties for employers regarding employees expressing breast milk...

Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget on April 20, 2024. One of the key budget components impacting...

Paul F. Keneally and Ryan T. Biesenbach, were featured in a recent article published in the Rochester Business Journal. The article, “How c

The United States Department of Labor has issued a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, governing the analysis of whether a worker is an...

Joining many municipalities across New York State, including the cities of Albany and Rochester, and the Town of Brighton, Monroe County...

We are proud to announce that twelve attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list and...

We are proud to announce that 15 attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and one attorney was...

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently found that certain common provisions of employer-provided severance agreements . . .

Restrictive covenants generally, and covenants not to compete in particular, have long been difficult to enforce in New York, under . . .

In a recent trend, public employees across the country have found themselves the subject of live video and/or audio of them at work.

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.

In its recent decision in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, the United States Supreme Court ruled that high compensation . . .

Effective February 9, 2023, upon execution by Governor Hochul, the New York State Warehouse Worker Protection Act requires New York . . .