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REGISTER HERE The Finger Lakes region entered Phase II of reopening Friday, May 29th. The Western New York region of New York State is sl...
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Paul F. Keneally
- May 29, 2020
- 4 min
Re-opening New York State from COVID Pause - Phase II
In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. On Friday May 29, 2020 during hi...
Paul F. Keneally
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
COVID Updates & Reopening Guidance
In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. The State has released a templat...
Paul F. Keneally
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
UPDATED: Considerations for Employers to Plan for Reopening
In addition to Paul Keneally, this post was authored with input from Alina Nadir and Jennifer Shoemaker. Some developments as the state a...
Paul F. Keneally
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Attention Employers: Developments as Lawmakers Continue to Look Forward in COVID-19 Response
New EEOC COVID-19 Guidance The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has revised its coronavirus guidance regarding disability...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
Governor Orders Employees Be Provided with Face Masks if Criteria is Met
Tonight, April 15, 2020, at 8:00 P.M., a new obligation under Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.16 takes effect requiring that essenti...
Paul F. Keneally
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Selected Issues Under the NYS & Federal COVID Laws & the CARES Act
Paul F. Keneally presented on a webinar hosted by the Genesee Valley Chapter Society for Human Resource Management. The webinar was regar...
Paul F. Keneally
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Selected Employment Provisions of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 NYS Budget
Looking beyond the current Coronavirus crisis for a minute, several provisions of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 New York State Budget propose...
Alina Nadir
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
Further Guidance Issued for Employers Regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
This post is a further update to our earlier post: Guidance Issued for Employer Relief Offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response...
Steven R. Gersz
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
New York Issues Updated Guidance on Essential Businesses
In our earlier post: Gov. Cuomo Requires Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce In-Person Workforce by 100% we provided the list of businesse...
Jillian K. Farrar
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Cares Act Provides Billions for Health Care & Small Businesses
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or “CARES Act” passed the House of Representatives today and President Trump has i...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Mar 25, 2020
- 19 min
Guidance Issued for Employer Relief Offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
In addition to Jennifer Shoemaker, this post was authored with input from Paul Keneally and Alina Nadir. Yesterday, the US Department of ...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Mar 19, 2020
- 3 min
Gov. Cuomo Requires Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce In-Person Workforce by 100%
As we’ve seen over the past week, many local governments are enacting social distancing measures in an attempt to slow the spread of the ...
Alina Nadir
- Mar 19, 2020
- 7 min
UPDATED: COVID-19 Related Paid Sick & Family Leave Signed into Federal & NYS Law
New York State Leave Law New York has enacted a Paid Sick Leave law guaranteeing job protection and providing paid sick leave to employee...
Jillian K. Farrar
- Mar 16, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 Response: Feds to Require Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave & Family Medical Leave
In the early hours of Saturday morning the House of Representatives passed an emergency spending bill supported by President Trump addres...
Paul F. Keneally
- Mar 6, 2020
- 3 min
Evolving Law Becoming Tougher in Prohibiting Gender Discrimination in Employee Pay
Legislators have for many years sought to strengthen state and federal laws in order to prevent employers from engaging in gender discrim...
Alina Nadir
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Update Your I-9 Forms
On January 31, 2020, the US government released an updated I-9 form. While employers are permitted to use the previous version until Apr...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
Governor Cuomo’s 2021 Budget Proposal Would Place Burdens on New York Employers
Similar to the last several years, Governor Cuomo’s 2021 budget proposal includes several employment law proposals that would place addit...
Paul F. Keneally
- Feb 6, 2020
- 1 min
New Federal DOL Joint Employer Rule Good News for Employers
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...
Alina Nadir
- Jan 31, 2020
- 1 min
New York’s Lowered Standard for Actionable Harassment is Now in Effect
In August, we described the highlights of New York’s expanded harassment laws. The law changing the standard for legally actionable hara...
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