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Continuing with its’ busy employment legislation season, New York has amended the Human Rights Law to prohibit discrimination based on re...

Both the New York State Human Rights Law and Dignity for All Students Act were expanded last Friday to ban race discrimination based on ....

In 2018, fewer discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission than in any other year in the last deca...

The third opinion letter issued by the US Department of Labor on March 14 addressed a New York law that contradicted federal overtime law...

Another notable opinion from the U.S. Department of Labor letters issued on March 14 is that workers are not required to be paid for comm...

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued three opinion letters. This is the first of a series of blog posts addressing the le...

Another recent NLRB decision narrows the standard for what constitutes protected activity. In that case, a manager asked a group of airpo...

Depending on where you obtain your statistics, one third to one half of all marriages end in divorce. The perception is that divorce is a...

As the government shutdown persists, private employers continue to be affected.  As we discussed earlier this month, E-Verify remains shu...

On February 26, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled its own precedent and became only the second Co...

Employment laws might get tougher for employers in businesses that call workers in at the last minute. Around the holidays, it is especia...

For over 50 years, federal contractors and private employers with more than 100 employees have completed the EEO-1 form to provide the U....

If one of your employees shows up for work drunk, you can fire them. But if they tell you they’re an alcoholic, you’ll probably have to...

It is easy to overlook employee morale when determining what makes a successful business. Unhappy employees are a serious concern for comp..

On July 14, the EEOC issued a 60-page “enforcement guidance” on pregnancy discrimination and related issues in the workplace, giving empl...

There has been a lot of talk in our area lately about “ban the box,” or not allowing employers to ask applicants at the initial applicati...

In June, the United States Supreme Court issued two decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), both good news...

New York Labor Law § 193 and New York Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations Title 12, § 195.1 govern employer deductions from emplo...

In a unanimous decision, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that, under certain circumstances, a business seller may give active a...

New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights will take effect Nov. 29. The law is the culmination of a six year organizing campaign by Dome...