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Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on February 23, 2018 Recently, the New York City Council amended the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to require New York City employers to engage in a particular process in response to an employee’s request for an accommodation. The new requirement will be effective October 15, 2018. […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on February 17, 2018 Many businesses now use biometrics in the workplace for purposes such as customer access, data security, and to track employee attendance. Biometric time clocks have replaced handwritten or paper timesheets, allowing employees to clock in with fingerprints, palmprints or iris scans. With the use of biometric […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on January 8, 2018 In the recent decision of Wang v. Hearst Corp., No. 16-3302 (2d Cir. 2017), the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of claims filed by five participants in the Hearst Corporation’s internship program claiming minimum wage violations under the Fair […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on January 6, 2018 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced a proposal to direct the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) to schedule public hearings to examine industries and evaluate the possibility of eliminating wage tip credits in New York State. Currently, New York employers are permitted to pay tipped workers […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 28, 2017 As of March 1, 2018, E-Verify will be deleting transaction records that are over 10 years old which means employers won’t have access to E-Verify records that were created on or before Dec. 31, 2007. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created a […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 12, 2017 In Chauca v. Abraham, No. 113 (November 20, 2017), the New York State Court of Appeals established a lowered threshold for punitive damages under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). In Chauca, an employee sued her former employer and two of her supervisors […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on November 10, 2017 On October 2, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard a one-hour oral argument in three consolidated arbitration cases involving the National Labor Relations Act and the Federal Arbitration Act: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, No. 16-307; and Ernst […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 23, 2017 While many states have been moving towards placing more restrictions on noncompete agreements, in 2016 the state of Idaho took the opposite route and enacted legislation that made it easier for employers to enforce noncompete agreements. In fact, as The New York Times recently reported, […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 19, 2017 The New York Workers’ Compensation Board recently released three important forms associated with Paid Family Leave (“PFL”), which will become effective January 1, 2018: Employee Paid Family Leave Opt-Out and Waiver of Benefits If an employee does not expect to work long enough to qualify […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on September 19, 2017 On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is being withdrawn. In 2012, President Obama signed an executive order implementing the DACA program. The DACA program was established to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on September 11, 2017 On August 31st the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the Obama administration’s rule that expanded overtime protections of “white collar” workers. The overtime regulation that was overruled would have expanded federal overtime regulations to four million more employees and […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on September 8, 2017 As predicted under the new administration, the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs informed the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that it is suspending the revised EEO-1 form. This revised EEO-1 form was established by the EEOC under the Obama […]
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