Takeaways
Quarterly News Alert, Serving Employers in NY, NJ and CT
Winter 2021-22

Fall 2021

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 government agencies are making to the equal employment opportunity and wage and hour laws, and the Biden administration’s roll back of employment law changes to maximize employee protections.






Summer 2021

Summer 2021 has brought New York mandating employers plan for the next pandemic; New Jersey cracking down on wage law violations; and Connecticut passing four significant new employment mandates on cannabis use, nursing mothers, pay equity and voting, while employer obligations in response to COVID are now dictated at the federal level.






Spring 2021

New employment law developments from first quarter of 2021 covered in this issue include continuing legal changes related to COVID-19 protections, the legalization of recreational marijuana in New Jersey and New York, a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, protections for employee hairstyles, and a spate of court decisions on pregnancy accommodation, medical marijuana, executive liability and arbitration.






Winter 2021

Coverage includes: expansive protections of New York City job applicants and employees based on criminal history; radical change in the employment relationship for fast food workers in New York City; the most current minimum wage rates for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; the latest federal guidance on vaccinations, testing and workplace protections related to COVID-19 as well as modified workplace posting standards; a New York State law change on WARN Act notices and new interpretation of COVID-19 leave requirements; and recent appellate court decisions on wage and hour issues in New York and New Jersey.






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