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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”. The stated purpose of the Order is to defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and […]
New York City has recently amended the law which requires employers to provide lactation accommodations to employees. Under the current law, employers must provide a lactation room where employees can pump/express breast milk, and reasonable time to pump/express breast milk. Employers are also required to have a written lactation policy that meets certain requirements under the law and […]
As you may be aware, since his inauguration, President Trump has already issued a flurry of executive orders and has rescinded numerous Biden-era orders. One of the main areas of focus during Trump’s campaign was immigration reform and as expected, on January 20th and 21st, 2025, President Trump declared a national emergency and issued several executive […]
Effective January 1, 2025, New York employees are permitted to file for workers’ compensation benefits for mental health injuries. Specifically, the New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law has been revised to allow any worker to file for workers’ compensation for specific types of mental injury premised on extraordinary work-related stress and provides that the Workers’ Compensation […]
Minimum Wage Increases In 2023, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation which would increase the minimum wage rates over a three-year period. Effective January 1, 2025, the minimum wage for New York City, Westchester and Long Island will increase to $16.50/hour. In 2026, it will further increase to $17.00/hour. For the rest of […]
As we previously reported, in April 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule that would have raised the minimum salary threshold to qualify for the executive, administrative, or professional exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The final rule would also have increased the salary requirements for the highly […]
New York State is the first state ever to mandate paid prenatal leave entitlement. Beginning January 1, 2025, New York State employers will be required to provide up to 20 hours of paid leave in a 52-week period for pregnant employees to attend prenatal medical appointments and procedures. The leave is in addition to employees’ existing […]
As we previously reported, the New York State Clean Slate Act will become effective November 16, 2024. The new law provides for the automatic sealing of certain criminal history records and new obligations for employers that conduct background checks. Specifically, for individuals with a misdemeanor conviction, if at least three years have passed since the […]
The New York State Department of Financial Services has announced changes to the employee contribution rate and benefit amounts under the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“NY PFL”) for 2025. Effective January 1, 2025, the contribution rate will be 0.388% of an employee’s gross wages per pay period, for a maximum annual contribution of […]
As the presidential election draws near, it is important for employers to be aware of what their obligations are under the law when providing leave for their employees to vote. Under the New York Election Law, employers must provide for up to two hours of paid time off to enable an employee time to vote […]
On September 4, 2024, Governor Hochul signed into law the New York Retail Worker Safety Act which will impose significant workplace violence prevention requirements on retail employers. Most of the law’s provisions will take effect on March 1, 2025. Specifically, under the new law, retail employers with ten or more employees will be required to […]
As you may recall, earlier this year we reported that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule banning non-compete agreements for all workers. The rule was to take effect on September 4, 2024. However, on August 20, 2024, a federal court struck down the ban deeming it unlawful. Specifically, in Ryan LLC v. […]
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