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Bereavement Leave Likely to be Added to NY Paid Family Leave
The NYS Legislature has passed a bill which would add bereavement leave to the list of permissible reasons to take paid family leave. Th...
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Paul F. Keneally
- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
Expected 2019 PFL Developments
As New York State employers continue to manage their first year of paid family leave (PFL) benefits available to employees in 2018 (8 wee...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Mar 19, 2018
- 3 min
Second Circuit Holds that Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII
On February 26, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled its own precedent and became only the second Co...
Alina Nadir
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
DOL Issues New Guidelines for Unpaid Internships
Recently, we’ve been warning employers that in order to have a legally compliant unpaid internship available, certain specific conditions...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Nov 20, 2017
- 1 min
New Regulations Proposed for On-Call Workers
Employment laws might get tougher for employers in businesses that call workers in at the last minute. Around the holidays, it is especia...
Underberg & Kessler
- Jan 26, 2017
- 1 min
Supreme Court Will Review Enforceability of Class Action Waivers
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it would review whether, as a condition of employment, employers can require employees to ...
Paul F. Keneally
- Nov 23, 2016
- 4 min
Common Law Duty of Non-Solicitation of Customers for Sellers of Businesses
For good reason, given the volume of litigation generated by them, restrictive covenants in employment agreements attempting to limit or ...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Jul 14, 2016
- 1 min
Updated Equal Pay Data Rule Issued
For over 50 years, federal contractors and private employers with more than 100 employees have completed the EEO-1 form to provide the U....
Paul F. Keneally
- Jul 6, 2016
- 1 min
New York Trial Court Refuses to Enforce Physician Restrictive Covenant
It has long been the law in New York that employment contract covenants restricting what employees can do post-employment, generally diff...
Paul F. Keneally
- Mar 21, 2016
- 4 min
Legal Experts Offer Guidance to Managers on Employment Issues
If one of your employees shows up for work drunk, you can fire them. But if they tell you they’re an alcoholic, you’ll probably have to...
Paul F. Keneally
- Jun 26, 2015
- 3 min
Steps to Ensure a Transgender Employee is Treated Lawfully in the Workplace
Federal and state employment laws protect transgender people from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Many employers may not...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Feb 25, 2015
- 3 min
Happy Employees = Successful Business
It is easy to overlook employee morale when determining what makes a successful business. Unhappy employees are a serious concern for comp..
Paul F. Keneally
- Sep 22, 2014
- 1 min
Reverse Sexual Harassment
Please see this case study from 2014 which demonstrates the need to thoroughly investigate all claims of sexual harassment in the workpl....
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Aug 5, 2014
- 4 min
New EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Guidelines
On July 14, the EEOC issued a 60-page “enforcement guidance” on pregnancy discrimination and related issues in the workplace, giving empl...
Paul F. Keneally
- Aug 4, 2014
- 1 min
Cause & Good Reason Clauses in Executive Employment Agreements
In New York and most other states, employment is presumptively at-will, meaning both employer and employee are free to terminate the empl...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Jun 6, 2014
- 2 min
Criminal Conviction Status & Employment
There has been a lot of talk in our area lately about “ban the box,” or not allowing employers to ask applicants at the initial applicati...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Nov 18, 2013
- 3 min
High Court Decisions a Boon for Employers under Title VII
In June, the United States Supreme Court issued two decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), both good news...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Nov 19, 2012
- 3 min
What Labor Law Section 193 Amendments Mean
New York Labor Law § 193 and New York Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations Title 12, § 195.1 govern employer deductions from emplo...
Helen A. Zamboni
- Oct 15, 2010
- 1 min
Legal Alert: Medicaid Compliance Certification
Effective October 1, 2009, any entity that received $500,000 or more in reimbursements from New York Medicaid were required to have in pl...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker
- Sep 20, 2010
- 3 min
State Passes Bill of Rights for Domestics
New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights will take effect Nov. 29. The law is the culmination of a six year organizing campaign by Dome...
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