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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a new rule banning nationwide most non-compete agreements for workers....

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

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of workers performing services as independent contractors in the United...

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

Earlier this year, the New York State Legislature passed, and Governor Hochul signed, a minimum wage increase that will take effect...

A mainstay of employment-based litigation – non-compete agreements – are on the proverbial chopping block. On June 20, 2023, the New York...

On September 14, 2023, Governor Hochul signed into law two pieces of legislation that effectively amended the New York State Labor Law...

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

As we previously advised, on June 3, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill 9427A/A.10477 – the Pay Transparency Law....

In early August 2023, the National Labor Relations Board announced a revised, more restrictive legal standard to determine . . .

The USCIS recently published a notice to inform the public that the Employment Eligibility Verification Form has been updated . . .

We are pleased to announce that Ryan T. Biesenbach has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Literacy Rochester.

COVID-19-related accommodations concerning the review of a new hire’s Employment Eligibility Verification Form (“Form I-9”) . . .

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.

On April 11, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor released the State’s updated model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy . . .

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 . . .