Takeaways

New NYC regulations on paid sick and safe time, a plethora of laws coming out of New York State, clarifying guidance from New Jersey, and a series of NLRB decisions that each overturn recent past precedent in ways that are more favorable for emplo... Read More..

Major employment decisions from the Supreme Court lead the legal developments this past quarter, with an extra-long issue to capture wage law changes in New York, obligations related to employees who express breast milk at work, new categories of ... Read More..

Covered in this issue are new protections of select non-exempt workers in New York and New Jersey, continued regulation of AI in hiring NYC employees, updates to New York’s model harassment prevention materials, new FMLA decisions from the US DOL,... Read More..

New York State has new laws on pay transparency, lactation accommodations, employee time off, new protected classes, workplace postings, warehouse workers and human trafficking.  In addition to that whirlwind of new legislation, the federal govern... Read More..

Developments this past quarter include shifting federal discrimination protections and expanded protections in Connecticut; new employer obligations in New Jersey and updated federal workplace posters; the unwinding of COVID mandates and a survey ... Read More..

Pay transparency predominates in New York, while employer speech is being regulated in Connecticut.  Recent New Jersey court decisions have addressed employee speech, and the Supreme Court has ruled on waiver of arbitration and federal contractors... Read More..

Sexual harassment prevention laws are again proliferating at the federal and New York State level, while federal agencies are enhancing enforcement of employee protections and New Jersey has added some new limits on employment at-will and enhanced... Read More..

Featuring: • NYS Governor acts swiftly on wide range of new employment laws; • COVID-19 employer compliance - what to keep in mind now; • Wage-related changes at federal, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York State and New York City levels; and mor... Read More..

Pressing concerns remain in complying with COVID-19 obligations, and we have a helpful table of current vaccination requirements impacting employers in the tri-state New York area.  Also covered are the latest tweaks that state legislatures and go... Read More..