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A federal appeals court in New Orleans put a pause on President Biden’s planned vaccination requirement for all private companies.

The NY State Department of Labor issued new guidance regarding an employer’s ability to test an employee for marijuana.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the US, President Biden announced new measures in his fight to get more Americans vaccinated...

New York State has created a website and issued FAQs to assist NY employers and employees in the implementation and usage of its new paid...

Last week, the President signed several executive memoranda related to the economic conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the...

This post is a further update to our earlier post: Guidance Issued for Employer Relief Offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response...

New York State Leave Law New York has enacted a Paid Sick Leave law guaranteeing job protection and providing paid sick leave to employee...

On January 31, 2020, the US government released an updated I-9 form. While employers are permitted to use the previous version until Apr...

In August, we described the highlights of New York’s expanded harassment laws. The law changing the standard for legally actionable hara...

If you have manual workers on your payroll, ensure they are all paid with the frequency required under the law. Section 191 of New York L...

NY passed a new law this year that applies to employees that are victims of domestic violence.  This law requires employers to provide vi...

The federal government has announced the new salary requirements for employees to be exempt from overtime pay under federal law.  The new...

On June 25, we wrote about new anti-harassment legislation that we expected Governor Cuomo to sign into law.  On August 12, he did, in fa...

Department of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta recently stepped down from the position, and President Trump has named Eugene Scalia as his repl..

The NYS Legislature recently approved changes to the state’s discrimination and harassment laws. Governor Cuomo has indicated that he int...

Governor Cuomo vetoed the bill we described in our last post that would have added bereavement leave to the list of acceptable reasons to...

We all remember the planned 2016 changes to federal overtime laws.  Employers put a lot of time into ensuring they were prepared and thei...

This year, Governor Cuomo signed a law making changes to the Taylor Law to strengthen public unions.  The Taylor Law, officially the Publ...

The Supreme Court recently handed down some significant decisions in the labor and employment field. These decisions represent a trend of...

The NYS Legislature has passed a bill which would add bereavement leave to the list of permissible reasons to take paid family leave.  Th...