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April 24 2019
Client Alert: New York City Adopts New Rules On Gender Identity Discrimination
The New York City Commission on Human Rights recently began enforcing new rules establishing broadened protections against discrimination based on gender identity and expression
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December 27 2018
Client Alert: Complete New 195.1 Forms for Non-Exempt Employees Hired or Receiving Pay Raises in 2019
Beginning December 31, 2018, New York State’s minimum wage rate is set to increase. The applicable increased minimum wage varies based upon where the employee is located and the size of the employer.
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December 27 2018
Client Alert: Complete New 195.1 Forms for Exempt Employees Hired or Receiving Pay Raises in 2019
Effective December 31, 2018, the minimum weekly and corresponding yearly salary to qualify for the “administrative” or “executive” overtime exemptions will increase.
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December 17 2018
Client Alert: New York City Requires Employers To Handle Accommodation Requests By Engaging In A “Cooperative Dialogue”
New York City law now requires all most all employers to engage in a “cooperative dialogue” when handling an employee’s reasonable accommodations request. As you likely know, various disability laws, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”), require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for covered reasons, unless doing so would create an undue hardship for the employer.
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December 10 2018
Client Alert: Minimum Wage Developments in New York 2019
As 2019 approaches, New York employers must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases that will take effect on December 31, 2018. As in 2018, the applicable increased minimum wage will vary based upon where the employee is located and the size of the employer.
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December 06 2018
Client Alert: Mandatory Labor Law Poster Changes Effective January 2019
With legal changes comes the obligation to update your required employment posters. Don’t forget to change your employment posters. Please click here to see the bulletin from the Society For Human Resource Management.
December 05 2018
Amanda M. Fugazy, a member of the Firm, was named one of the Top Women in Metro New York Foodservice & Hospitality 2019. Total Food Service has once again dedicated this issue to profiling the impact that women have had on the Tri-State foodservice scene. They have risen to amazing heights and turned the Greater NYC Marketplace into the epicenter of the world’s restaurant and food service industry.
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October 26 2018
Client Alert: Employers Required to Post Voting Rights Notice
NYS employers are required to post a reminder of employees’ voting rights no less than 10 days before the election. Election day is November 6, so if you have not yet posted the notice, please do so right away.