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August 16 2021
Client Alert: NYC Updates Key To NYC Program Requiring Proof Of Vaccination For Certain Indoor Activities
As explained in our previous Client Alert, effective tomorrow, New York City will require individuals to show proof of vaccination in order to participate in indoor entertainment, recreation, dining and fitness.
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August 11 2021
Client Alert: NYC COVID-19 Surcharge And Federal COBRA Subsidy Expiring Soon
Though the COVID-19 pandemic looks to be back on the upswing, two COVID-19 laws are expiring shortly: the law allowing restaurants in NYC to apply a COVID-19 surcharge to customer checks, and the law providing a COBRA subsidy to eligible employees who lost health coverage due to termination of employment or reduction in hours.
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August 09 2021
Client Alert: NYC Restaurants with Fewer Than 100 Employees Eligible for Return-to-Work Tax Credit
New York State has launched a $35 million Restaurant Return-to-Work Tax Credit Program which provides an incentive to COVID-19-impacted restaurants to get employees back to work and increase hiring (the “Tax Credit Program”). Qualifying businesses are eligible for a tax credit of up to $5,000 per new worker hired and up to a maximum of $50,000 per business.
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August 03 2021
Client Alert: NYC Will Require Vaccination For Indoor Activities
This morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City will soon require individuals to be vaccinated in order to participate in certain indoor activities.
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July 29 2021
Complimentary Webinar: NY HERO Act – What Employers Need to Know Now
You are cordially invited to join employment lawyers from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP for a complimentary webinar to assist your business in complying with the new NY HERO Act.
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July 28 2021
Client Alert: CDC Revises Mask Guidance for Fully-Vaccinated Individuals
Yesterday, the CDC announced revised mask guidance for fully-vaccinated individuals. The CDC now recommends that fully-vaccinated individuals wear a mask while indoors in public if they are in an area of “substantial” or “high” COVID-19 transmission to both maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others. The CDC made a state- and county-specific COVID-19 transmission level tracker available here. We note that while most of NYS is in the low to moderate range, NYC and Long Island are presently in the “substantial” category (with Staten Island in the “high” category).
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July 27 2021
Client Alert: Changes to NYC Law on Consideration of Criminal History Effective July 29
Effective July 29, 2021, amendments to the NYC Fair Chance Act (FCA) will expand employment protections for job applicants and employees with criminal histories. Most notably, the amendments expand the FCA’s protection to job applicants and employees with pending arrests and criminal accusations and to existing employees with arrests and criminal convictions during employment, as well as to independent contractors.
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July 21 2021
Client Alert: New NYC Biometric Privacy Law Now in Effect
New York City’s new “Biometric Identifier Information” law (“BII Law”) is now in effect and restricts the collection, use and sale of “biometric identifier information” by businesses in New York City. Biometric identifiers include fingerprints, retina scans, hand print scans, facial recognition, voice identification, or any other physical or biological trait that would serve to identify an individual.
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