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Posted on Apr 25, 2019 on Legislative Updates, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
As we wrote at the end of last year, employers in New York City are now required to have a lactation accommodation policy. The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) recently released …
Posted on Mar 27, 2019 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), published a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the “white-collar” overtime exemption regulations and replace the …
Posted on Mar 4, 2019 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Employers who fail to properly pay employees in the State of New York may soon find themselves in jail. Governor Cuomo recently announced his proposed budget for fiscal 2020, which includes legislation to crack down …
Posted on Mar 4, 2019 on Labor Management Issues, Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Unless you were hibernating for all of 2016, you know the federal Department of Labor (“DOL”) was set to release a new overtime rule for the white-collar exemptions that would have doubled the salary threshold. …
Posted on Mar 4, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legislative Updates, News, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On January 25, 2019, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill which will amend the New York Human Rights Law and prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression …
Posted on Mar 4, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legislative Updates, Race / Color by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
Under new guidelines just released last week by the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the targeting of people based on their hair or hairstyle, at work, school or in public spaces, will now …
Posted on Mar 1, 2019 on Legislative Updates, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
New Jersey legislators have reached an agreement to gradually increase the state minimum wage to $15 an hour for most employees. The first increase will occur this July 1 and will increase the wage to …
Posted on Jan 17, 2019 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On January 9, 2019, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced legislation that would guarantee NYC employees two weeks of paid time off a year. The proposal would make NYC the first city in …
Posted on Jan 17, 2019 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
Westchester County recently joined the growing list of jurisdictions all over the country mandating time off for employees. The details will be quite familiar to those who have followed the myriad of such laws which …
Posted on Jan 17, 2019 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
A new paid sick leave law recently went into effect in New Jersey. Under the new law, employers must allow their New Jersey employees to accrue one hour of earned sick leave for every thirty …