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December 05 2024
Client Alert: New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law Goes into Effect January 1
New York employers are reminded that Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s Paid Prenatal Leave law into effect, providing all New York employees with an entitlement to paid prenatal leave (“PPL”). All New York state private-sector employers, regardless of size, must comply with the new PPL requirements by January 1, 2025.
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December 04 2024
Client Alert: California, Connecticut, Illinois & New Jersey Minimum Wage Increases For 2025
With 2025 upon us, employers with employees working in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey and beyond must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases. Please note the following new minimum wage, tip credit and overtime rates.
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December 03 2024
Client Alert: New York Minimum Wage Increases For 2025
With 2025 upon us, New York employers must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases, tip credit changes, meal credit changes, and increases to the exempt salary threshold. The changes will go into effect on January 1, 2025.
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November 20 2024
Client Alert: Reminder for NYC Restaurants to Remove Roadway Cafe Dining Setups
Restaurants with permitted roadway cafe dining setups must remove the structures by November 30, 2024. Roadway cafe dining setups permitted under the Dining Out NYC program can only operate from April 1 through November 29 each year, so the time for removal is fast approaching. However, permitted sidewalk cafes are allowed to operate year-round and need not be removed.
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November 19 2024
Client Alert: Labor & Employment Law In The First 100 Days Of The New Administration
With the dust settling on the 2024 election results, the news cycle now shifts to the policy initiatives that the second Trump administration will put into place (and in fact are already beginning) as soon as the inauguration is complete. President-elect Trump’s platform contained a number of campaign statements regarding his view on federal labor and employment laws and how his newly appointed administrative officials would go about shaping those laws.
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November 18 2024
Client Alert: Texas Federal Court Strikes Down 2024 Department of Labor Overtime Rule
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently struck down the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2024 rule raising exempt salary thresholds under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). By way of brief background, the 2024 DOL rule raised the minimum salary for overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional (“EAP”) employees and highly compensated employees (“HCE”).
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November 04 2024
Client Alert: Politics at Work: Tomorrow’s Election
As we enter the final stretch to tomorrow’s election, employers should be prepared to respond to employees who voice their political beliefs in the workplace. There are rights and restrictions that you should be aware of.
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October 24 2024
Client Alert: IRS Announces Inflation Adjustments for 2025
On October 22, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service announced inflation-adjusted amounts for more than 60 sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Of particular interest to employers that sponsor employee benefit arrangements.
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