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On November 12, 2025, the federal government finally reopened after a 43-day shutdown – the longest in U.S. history. During the period of a government shutdown, federal employees cannot be paid and can only be paid when Congress reaches a deal and the lapse in appropriations ends. While this means that hundreds of thousands of...... Continue Reading
November 2025 | Blog
As readers of this blog know, on January 1, 2025, New York became the first state in the country to require a separate bank of paid leave specifically for prenatal healthcare services. The Paid Prenatal Leave (“PPL”) law guarantees 20 hours per year of paid leave for eligible employees to attend pregnancy-related healthcare appointments such...... Continue Reading
July 2025 | Blog
Most employers that have gone through a large-scale layoff or closed a location will tell you that WARN is their most dreaded four-letter word. Now, with the continuing and even increasing prevalence of post-COVID remote work arrangements, the question of who to WARN of mass layoffs of closures has become even more daunting. The federal...… Continue Reading
December 2024 | Blog
New York’s recently approved 2024 – 2025 budget brings two major changes to the landscape of leave and accommodation laws that New York employers need to know about. Paid Lactation Breaks Effective June 19, 2024, all private sector employers (regardless of size) will be required to provide 30 minutes of paid break time to employees...… Continue Reading
May 2024 | Blog
In 2010, the New York Court of Appeals (which is the highest state court in New York) established a test to determine the territorial scope of the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”) and the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) – each of which protect employees and applicants for employment from employment-based...… Continue Reading
March 2024 | Blog
Way back in October 2022, we discussed the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) issuance of a notice of new rule that would substantially change the test for whether a worker is an employee, and thus covered by the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or is an independent contractor,...… Continue Reading
January 2024 | Blog
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed in the morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be...… Continue Reading
September 2023 | Blog
New York State (NYS) and New York City (NYC) have been characteristically busy – enacting, amending and clarifying employment legislation.[1] This blog post discusses two significant changes: (1) amendments to the New York State WARN Act (NY WARN) regulations, which impacts New York employers state-wide, and (2) agency guidance clarifying employers’ compliance obligations with respect...… Continue Reading
July 2023 | Blog
In our post earlier this week, we covered recent developments in state and local labor and employment laws in the states at the beginning of the alphabet. We now turn our attention to developments in the remaining states. New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Utah Virginia Washington… Continue Reading
June 2023 | Blog
Now that we’re almost half-way through 2023, it’s time again to review the developments in state and local labor and employment laws. State legislatures and city councils continue to be very busy making new laws and amending existing laws. In fact, due to the large number of updates, we are splitting our post into two parts....… Continue Reading
May 2023 | Blog
Global Projects View
Over the course of one week in mid-December, the Democrat-appointed majority members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) significantly altered the labor law landscape for employers by issuing a flurry of high visibility, much anticipated decisions. Among other things, these decisions will make it easier for unions to organize employees and...… Continue Reading
April 2023 | Blog
State and local legislatures were active throughout 2022 in passing laws and ordinances that will impact employers of all sizes and all industries in 2023. Click HERE for our summary of these laws and related developments, including important developments in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and elsewhere! If you haven’t already, you might also want...… Continue Reading
January 2023 | Blog
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