Tri-State Employers

Workplace Breastfeeding Laws Offer General Consistency with Local Nuance

February 14, 2023Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Wage and Hour Laws

Breastfeeding protections have gone mainstream. Through the magic of a budget spending bill, nursing employees in workplaces throughout the country now have legal protections that will afford them break time and access to spaces outside of toilet... Read More..

Sometimes We All Need a Little Help – and a Cooperative Dialogue with our Employer to Get Us There

November 25, 2022Employee Relations, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Sick and Safe Leave, Tri-State Employers

I have been thinking a lot about managing physical and mental impairments recently. Not the permanent ones, but the ones that may come on suddenl... Read More..

Employer’s Enforcement of Social Media Policies May Turn on State Law

August 16, 2022Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers

Can you discipline or even fire an employee for postings on a personal social media account that convey a message inconsistent with the values of the organization? The answer may depend on geography. State borders affect employees’ workplace r... Read More..

Workplace Investigations: Video vs. In-Person Interviews

August 4, 2022Connecticut Employers, COVID-19, Employee Relations, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Workplace Investigations

Prior to the pandemic, in-person interviews were generally considered the preferred method of conducting workplace investigations. They allowed the investigator to build rapport with the interviewee, the investigator could observe behaviors by the... Read More..

Workplace Investigations: When Should You Consider Retaining an Outside Investigator

July 21, 2022Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Harassment/Discrimination, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Workplace Investigations

Increasingly, organizations are conducting workplace investigations in response to employee concerns – both those raised formally to human resources or through a written complaint or attorney demand letter, and those raised informally in a convers... Read More..

EEOC Removes Employers’ Blanket Authorization to Test Employees for COVID-19

July 18, 2022Connecticut Employers, COVID-19, Employee Relations, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers

Responding to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has concluded that we are past the emergency stage when it was always considered appropriate for employers to require screening tests of emplo... Read More..

Maximize Your Talent Pool: 3 Ways to Ensure Your AI Is Not Screening Out Qualified Job Candidates with Disabilities

July 11, 2022Connecticut Employers, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers

My son has been applying for hourly, entry-level summer jobs. Through his process, I am seeing first-hand, from the applicant’s perspective, the varying ways in which software, algorithms and artificial intelligence now predominate the job applica... Read More..

Maine as National Example Disappoints Employers with Newest Law on Paid Time Off

May 16, 2022Employee Relations, HR Policies, Paid Leave Time, Tri-State Employers, Wage and Hour Laws

By Tracey I. Levy A plethora of paid leave laws currently plague multi-jurisdiction employers and they seem to multiply with each passing year... Read More..

Persistent Pay Inequity Drives Legal Mandates for Employers to Publicly Post Wages Being Offered

January 30, 2022Connecticut Employers, HR Policies, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Wage and Hour Laws

By Tracey I. Levy and Alexandra Lapes Five or six years ago, in speaking with a start-up client about social media policies and wage transparency, the client explained they made available to all on their intranet a spreadsheet with salary infor... Read More..