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By law, employers are required to provide employees with an ever-increasing amount of information, policies, notices and acknowledgments...

In June 2021, former Gov. Cuomo approved a law that established minimum staffing levels for nursing homes and required nursing homes to...

Paul F. Keneally was chosen to be on The Daily Record’s Power 20 Labor & Employment Law list for 2022.

NYS Legislature amended its bedrock labor statute to recalibrate statutory protections afforded whistleblowers and would-be whistleblowers.

Whenever discussing the law governing the payment of overtime to non-exempt employees, we must also discuss federal and state laws.

The current version of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Employment Eligibility Verification form or Form I-9 – is being revised.

The designation of COVID-19 as an “airborne infectious disease likely to cause serious harm to the public” was not renewed by the NYSCOH.

NYS further enhanced the laws against sexual and other harassment at work when Governor Hochul signed three new bills into law.

New York State has delayed the deadline for at least three (3) months after facing heavy lobbying from health care facilities.

Beginning Thursday, February 10, 2022, New York will lift the statewide mask mandate for businesses and other indoor spaces.

The New York Department of Labor’s January 2021 “Guidance on Use of COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave” has been officially rescinded.

The Honorable Robert J. Miller restored the mandate that requires businesses to have a mask requirement

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released decisions concerning the vaccine-or-test rule on U.S. businesses with 100+ employees.

On January 4, 2022, NYSDOH released an updated guidance, adopting CDC’s recommendations on isolation and quarantine for the general public.

The CDC and NYSDOH have issued guidance on new isolation and quarantine recommendations of healthcare and other essential workers.

The NYSDOL recently provided information in the State Register concerning rules that impact employers and employees statewide.

OSHA 100 Employee ETS Mandate for Vaccine or Weekly Test Reinstated NYS Mask Mandate Enforcement and NYS Extension of the Activation...

On Friday, December 10, 2021, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that all indoor public places in New York that do not require..

United States District Court Judge R. Stan Baker issued a nationwide injunction today blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal...

Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Health have announced that approved COVID-19 vaccination religious exemptions...