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October 23 2025
Client Alert: New York City Employers Should Prepare for Expanded Leave Obligations and Pay Reporting Requirements
The New York City Council recently passed several bills that, if signed by the Mayor would place even more financial and administrative burdens on employers by increasing employee leave entitlements and imposing pay reporting requirements.
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October 15 2025
Client Alert: California WARN Act Expansion
On October 1, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed expanded California employer obligations under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. The legislation, which takes effect January 1, 2026, enumerates additional actions employers must undertake for covered plant closings and mass layoffs.
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October 14 2025
Client Alert: New Department of Labor Opinion Letters – Joint Employment and Tip Payment
On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued opinion letters discussing its view on certain issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). These letters discussed joint employment and the DOL’s processes for determining which employees must be classified as “tipped employees” who “regularly and customarily” receive tips.
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September 22 2025
Client Alert: DOL Proposes Decodifying Fair Labor Standards Act Guidance
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced plans to remove – or “decodify” – a number of Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) rules and policy statements. Under the DOL’s proposal, more than 450 non-binding wage and hour rules and policy statements would be relocated from the Code of Federal Regulations (“CFR”) to the DOL’s internal Field Operations Handbook (the “Handbook”), which is used by DOL investigators when enforcing the FLSA.
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September 02 2025
Client Alert: California 2026 Minimum Wage Increases
California’s Department of Finance recently announced that, effective January 1, 2026, California’s minimum wage will increase from $16.50 per hour to $16.90 per hour. This increase applies to all employers, regardless of size.
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September 02 2025
Client Alert: Understanding New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program
New York State is preparing to launch the Secure Choice Savings Program (the “Program”), a state-sponsored retirement savings initiative aimed at expanding access for employees who do not currently have a workplace plan. The program is still under development, with updates expected as details are finalized. It is anticipated to begin in late 2025.
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August 15 2025
Client Alert: Second Circuit Clarifies That ADA Accommodations May Be Required Even if Employee Can Perform Job Without Them
Creating a seismic shift in employers’ obligations to provide reasonable accommodations, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that an employee with a disability can still be entitled to a “reasonable accommodation” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), even if they can already perform their job without it.
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August 14 2025
Client Alert: Understanding the DOJ’s New Memorandum on “Illegal DEI”
The United States Attorney General recently published a memorandum entitled “Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination.” This memorandum provides employers with much-needed guidance regarding what this administration considers “illegal DEI,” providing suggestions and guidance on how federal anti-discrimination laws apply to DEI programs, regardless of whether they are labeled “DEI” or called something else.
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