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Shoemaker and Biesenbach Selected as 2024 Attorneys of the Year
Underberg & Kessler LLP is proud to announce that Jennifer A. Shoemaker and Ryan T. Biesenbach were selected as 2024 Attorneys of the...
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Tyler J. Wilson
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Ask An Attorney: FTC’s Proposed Rule on Non-Compete Agreements in Health Care
Q: I work at a practice that employs physicians with Non-Compete Agreements. What is the status of the FTC’s proposed rule on Non-Compete...
Underberg & Kessler
- Jul 31
- 5 min
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...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Jul 29
- 6 min
EEOC’s Updated Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment
On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published its long-awaited Enforcement Guidance on...
Underberg & Kessler
- Jul 18
- 2 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 12
- 1 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...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- May 22
- 4 min
Unanimous Ruling Requires Courts to Stay, Not Dismiss Cases That Are Subject to Arbitration
The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously earlier this month in an employment misclassification case (Smith v. Spizzirri, U.S.,...
Paul F. Keneally
- May 3
- 2 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 26
- 2 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...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Apr 25
- 2 min
The FTC Announces Nationwide Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a new rule banning nationwide most non-compete agreements for workers....
Underberg & Kessler
- Mar 6
- 1 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
Underberg & Kessler
- Jan 25
- 5 min
The New “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” Could Be Expensive for Employers
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of workers performing services as independent contractors in the United...
Paul F. Keneally
- Jan 16
- 1 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...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Dec 13, 2023
- 2 min
Wage Increases are Coming in 2024
Earlier this year, the New York State Legislature passed, and Governor Hochul signed, a minimum wage increase that will take effect...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Oct 5, 2023
- 4 min
Could Legislation Limiting Non-Compete Agreements Kick off a New Era of Workplace Disputes?
A mainstay of employment-based litigation – non-compete agreements – are on the proverbial chopping block. On June 20, 2023, the New York...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Sep 18, 2023
- 3 min
Governor Hochul Signs Labor Law Amendments Bolstering Employee Protections
On September 14, 2023, Governor Hochul signed into law two pieces of legislation that effectively amended the New York State Labor Law...
Paul F. Keneally
- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 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...
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Aug 24, 2023
- 1 min
Reminder: New York’s Wage Transparency Law Goes Into Effect September 17, 2023
As we previously advised, on June 3, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill 9427A/A.10477 – the Pay Transparency Law....
Ryan T. Biesenbach
- Aug 23, 2023
- 1 min
NLRB Adopts Stricter Standards for Employment Policies
In early August 2023, the National Labor Relations Board announced a revised, more restrictive legal standard to determine . . .
Katherine T. McCarley
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
New Form I-9 and an Alternative Review Option
The USCIS recently published a notice to inform the public that the Employment Eligibility Verification Form has been updated . . .
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