Employer Notice Requirements

Beyond the Personnel File: What New York’s New Records Access Law Means for Employers

November 6, 2026Employer Notice Requirements, HR Policies, New York City Employers, New York Employers

New York State has taken a broad approach to its new law that for the first time grants employees a legal right to access their personnel records. Notably, the right of access extends beyond the typical contents of a personnel file, to include a ... Read More..

October 1 Brought Connecticut Employers Many New Laws

October 7, 2026Connecticut Employers, Employer Notice Requirements, HR Policies, Leaves and Accommodations, Tri-State Employers

Employment law changes usually happen singularly or in small clusters, which enables an attentive organization to track and implement them, and also limits the legal exposure if an employer is slow to respond to one particular change. Things are ... Read More..

Federal Contractors Should Take Seriously Newest Trump Executive Order on DEI

April 13, 2026Connecticut Employers, Employer Notice Requirements, Federal Employment Developments, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers

Fourteen months after launching a full-throttled attack on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) as “unlawful,” which prompted multiple lawsuits, injunctive actions, and stalled enforcement initiatives, the T... Read More..

Sick Time Laws Go Way Beyond Illness

February 19, 2026Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Paid Leave Time, Sick and Safe Leave, Tri-State Employers

It all started in San Francisco. Twenty years ago, the city passed the first law requiring private employers to grant employees a bank of sick days that they could use when they were ill or injured. Over time, that manda... Read More..

Workplace Investigations: Don’t Overlook the Closeout Meeting

February 4, 2026Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Workplace Investigations

A workplace investigator’s role may end upon reaching factual findings, but the work of the investigation should not. Procedurally, at that point the complaint-handling process is only half done. Four more stages need to be followed before the m... Read More..

FTC Invalidating Non-Competes: Wait and See or Act Now?

May 21, 2024Employer Notice Requirements, Employment Agreements, Federal Employment Developments

Unless blocked by a court order, most non-compete agreements issued by employers throughout the United States will be impermissible as of September 4, 2024. New rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC):

Invalidate current n... Read More..

New York Increasingly Protects Those Convicted of Crimes to Enable Future Employment

April 4, 2024Employer Notice Requirements, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New York City Employers, New York Employers

Do you conduct background checks on your employees? What do you check for and why? Do you have clearly defined criteria on what types of information gleaned from a background check will be disqualifying for a potential new hire? New York law,... Read More..

Losing Out on Talent? Offensive Language in Your Offer Letter May Be the Problem

January 25, 2024Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, Employment Agreements, New York Employers, Wage and Hour Laws

Half of job seekers in a recent Gartner, Inc. survey reported that they backed out on an accepted job offer prior to starting. I remain stunned by this statistic, which suggests to me that employers have some issues with their hiring processes, b... Read More..

Why Non-Union Employers Need to Pay Attention to the NLRB

January 18, 2024Employer Notice Requirements, Employment Agreements, Federal Employment Developments, HR Policies

The overwhelming majority (nearly 90 percent, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) of workers in the United States are not unionized. And yet, in the private sector most of those non-unionized workers have... Read More..