Today (April 4, 2016) California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 3, raising California’s minimum wage to $15 by 2023. Under that law, minimum wage in the state of California (currently $10.00 per hour) will increase as follows: Beginning date Small employer (1-25 employees) Large employer (26 or more employees) January 1, 2017 $10.00 $10.50 January … Continue Reading
The beginning of 2016 is a busy year for New York employers. Both the state and New York City have enacted a variety of laws expanding protections for employees. Employers need to review their policies to ensure they are in compliance. NEW YORK STATE Effective January 19, 2016, the New York State Human Rights Law … Continue Reading
The latest chapter in a series of lawsuits filed by temporary contract attorneys against their employing law firms was written by Judge Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the District of New York. As the final seconds ticked down towards the end of 2015 last week, the clock also struck midnight on … Continue Reading
As we covered in a prior blogpost in May 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law an expansion of the New York City Human Rights Law impacting how employers may use credit checks. The “Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act,” which became effective on September 3, 2015 (the “Act”), makes it … Continue Reading
Last week, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed into law a bill that expands the New York City Human Rights Law and makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for employers to request or use consumer credit history for employment purposes or otherwise discriminate against an applicant or employee based on their consumer credit history. … Continue Reading
An easy, but forgettable, compliance action occurs every January for New York employers – pay rate acknowledgements for current employees. The New York Wage Theft Protection Act [pdf], which took effect on April 9, 2011, requires employers to have all employees in New York sign and date an acknowledgement of the employee’s wage rate by … Continue Reading
As we reported earlier, last year, New York amended its wage deduction statute [pdf] and greatly expanded categories of permissible deductions from employees’ pay. In an earlier post, we discussed the regulations interpreting Labor Law Section 193 proposed by the New York Department of Labor. The New York Department of Labor has now adopted those … Continue Reading
Last year, New York amended its wage deduction statute and greatly expanded categories of permissible deductions from employees’ pay. In addition to statutory deductions and deductions for health and welfare plans which have traditionally been permissible, New York employers may now deduct wages for the benefit of the employee, including the following: insurance premiums and … Continue Reading
New York City recently passed legislation to join only a handful of cities in the United States to mandate paid sick leave for employees. New York City Council passed the Earned Sick Time Act overriding Mayor Bloomberg’s earlier veto. The Earned Sick Time Act requires that employers of at least 20 employees provide paid sick … Continue Reading
Article co-authored by Lew Clark and Meghan Hill. On March 13, 2013, over the objection of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance prohibiting discrimination in employment based on an individual’s unemployment. The passage of the ordinance occurred after nearly one year of heated debate and will go into … Continue Reading
A person may not be required to disclose or furnish his or her Social Security Number (SSN) for any purpose under a new law effective December 12, 2012. The new law safeguarding SSNs applies to employers and other entities in New York. It adds new section 399-ddd to the General Business Law. Businesses must review their … Continue Reading
Hot on the heels of the hapless Shearman & Sterling trainee and his inappropriate emails (see post 20 February), transatlantic financial news site hereisthecitynews http://hereisthecity.com/ brings word of another promising candidate for the 2012 Employment Law Worldview Career Suicide Awards. Imagine that you work for an international bank in one of the largest skyscrapers in … Continue Reading
On August 17, the New York City Council enacted legislation which will make it easier for employees in New York to require their employers to accommodate religious beliefs. This would include Sabbath and holiday observance, religious clothing, headgear, facial hair, prayer during the workday, and other religious practices. The legislation, Int. No. 632-A, essentially makes … Continue Reading
Adding to New York employers’ already daunting challenge of complying with the myriad federal and state employment-related documentation requirements, the State Assembly recently added another. As one of his last official acts as Governor of New York, David Paterson signed the Wage Theft Prevention Act (the “WTP Act”) in December 2010, and the law goes … Continue Reading
