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June 12 2017
Client Alert: New York Paid Family Leave Law Deductions Should Start July 1, 2017
The PFL program – both the amount of leave time available and the monetary benefits – will be phased in beginning on January 1, 2018. However, prudent employers will ACT NOW to ensure they are on the same page with their payroll providers regarding deductions from payroll that should commence on July 1, 2017.
Click here to read the alert.
June 12 2017
Client Alert: New York Enacts Paid Family Leave Law
New York’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law will be phased in beginning on January 1, 2018. The law will be the most comprehensive in the country, providing paid leave to virtually all employees in New York, regardless of the size of the employer. The pertinent features of the PFL law are summarized here.
May 11 2017
Client Alert: New York City Bans All Inquiries Regarding Salary Histories of Job Applicants
New York City has joined other states and cities across the country – including Massachusetts and Philadelphia – in banning employers from inquiring about a job candidate’s salary history. Per legislation signed on May 4, 2017 by New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, effective November 1, 2017, all employers in New York City, both public and private and regardless of size, may no longer:
(1) inquire about the salary history of an applicant for employment; or
(2) rely on the salary history of an applicant in determining that applicant’s salary at any stage in the employment process, unless the applicant “unprompted” and “willingly” discloses his or her prior salary information.Click here to read the alert.
January 04 2017
Client Alert: Minimum Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions in New York – 2017
The New York State Department of Labor, with just two business days’ notice, increased the minimum weekly salary thresholds that employers must pay in order for their executive and administrative employees to be exempt from overtime pay obligations under New York State law. Moreover, the minimum salary thresholds will now vary according to the location and/or size of the employer.
Click here to read the alert.
January 04 2017
Client Alert: Updated Minimum Wage Developments in New York – 2017
On December 27, 2016, we alerted you to increases in the minimum wage for 2017. Since then, the New York State Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued new regulations, effective December 31, 2016, that re-introduced separate tip credit amounts for “service employees” and “food service workers” employed in the hospitality/restaurant industry.
Click here to read the updated alert.
December 27 2016
Client Alert: Complete new 195.1 forms for your hourly restaurant employees
As we have previously notified you, New York’s minimum wage is increasing effective December 31, 2016. The new minimum wage varies according to where your business is located. to assist you in your legal compliance obligations, we have created the form that restaurant employers should fill out and provide to all non-exempt employees for signature before December 31, 2016. The form only applies to restaurant/hospitality employers with 11 or more employees in New York City.
Click here to read the full alert, with form included.
December 27 2016
Client Alert – Minimum Wage Changes for 2017
As 2017 quickly approaches, New York employers must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases that will take effect December 31, 2016. Unlike in previous years, the applicable increased minimum wage will vary based upon where the employee is located and the size of the employer. Read the full alert here for the new minimum wage and overtime rates.
November 30 2016
Amanda M. Fugazy, presented at the HUB Food Service Industry Workshop and prepared the Restaurant Management Employment Law Overview. Click here to read it.