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Employers across New York State grappled late during the week with the State’s adoption of the CDC interim public health recommendations...

Independent contractors are not entitled to the protections of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that employees...

New York has long prohibited any adverse action against employees or potential employees based on their legal activities, including the...

Recently passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) provides employees who are...

Domestic travelers to New York from at least 24 hours out of state (New Yorkers or those who reside in another state) who have received...

On January 14, 2021, New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon issued an Order Regarding Unemployment Experience ...

In addition to the our post in late December, Mandating COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Workplace, there are other important laws and regula...

As discussed in this blog previously, New York State now has mandatory sick leave for all employers and employees. The accrual of that time

As we have previously discussed, the New York State Paid Sick Leave law took effect on September 30, 2020 with that being the day ...

The New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) announced on September 1, 2020 the Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) benefit and c...

Effective June 25, 2020, New York State Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 205 (“Order”) went into effect requiring that those who have spe...

In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. On Friday May 29, 2020 during hi...

In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. The State has released a templat...

In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. Some developments as the state a...

New EEOC COVID-19 Guidance The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has revised its coronavirus guidance regarding disability...

Paul F. Keneally presented on a webinar hosted by the Genesee Valley Chapter Society for Human Resource Management. The webinar was regar...

Looking beyond the current Coronavirus crisis for a minute, several provisions of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 New York State Budget propose...

Legislators have for many years sought to strengthen state and federal laws in order to prevent employers from engaging in gender discrim...

In a move that many employer groups had lobbied for, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new final rule in January 202...

With the turn of the calendar to 2020, New York employers are now specifically prohibited from a various activity related to prospective ...