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State Employment Law Articles
Report Link New York WARN: Applies to Employers with as Few as 50 Employees, Covers Layoffs Involving as Few as 25 Employees at a Single Site, and Requires 90 Days' Notice.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 22, 2008 Effective February 1, 2009, New York will join the growing number of states that have supplemented federal notification requirements for large layoffs. Report Link New York Legislative Update; Mini-Warn Law and Restriction On Non-Competition Clauses In Broadcast Industry.Jackson Lewis LLP - August 11, 2008 On August 5th, New York State Governor David Paterson signed into law the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act. As set forth below, both statutes have significant consequences for employers. The former is far more expansive than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) both in regard to covered private sector employers and covered events requiring advance notice to employees. The latter represents a statutory restriction on imposing non-competition agreements on employees in the broadcasting industry. Report Link New York Area Employers Provide Positive Solutions for Commuters.Jackson Lewis LLP - August 06, 2008 Unrelenting gas prices have imposed financial difficulties upon employees and prompted some employers to consider strategies to offset increased commuting costs. Jackson Lewis LLP recently conducted a survey of more than 100 employers in New York's metropolitan commuter areas (Nassau, Queens, Suffolk and Westchester Counties) to determine how gas prices have affected the employer-employee relationship. The survey results confirm a noticeable effort on the part of employers of all sizes to accommodate commuters. Forty-four percent (44%) of respondents offer a transportation subsidy or pre-tax reimbursement program to employees to offset the costs of commuting. Another twenty-eight percent (28%) have considered implementing such a program to attract applicants. Report Link New York Commissioner Of Labor Issues Guidelines Regarding The Rights Of Nursing Mothers To Express Breast Milk In The Workplace; Sets Notice Requirements.Ogletree Deakins - August 05, 2008 New York law requires employers to provide nursing mothers reasonable unpaid break time or paid break time or meal time to express breast milk in the workplace for up to three years after the birth of a child. Recently, the New York Commissioner of Labor issued guidelines requiring employers to provide written notice of this right to employees who are returning to work following the birth of a child. Notice can be provided individually to the affected employees, or to all employees, in either a handbook or a posting. An employee wishing to take this leave must give her employer advance notice. Report Link New York Commissioner Of Labor Issues Guidelines For Employee Blood Donation Leave; Sets Notice Requirements.Ogletree Deakins - August 05, 2008 New York law requires that employers (with 20 or more employees) provide employees three hours of leave time each year for the purpose of donating blood. Recently, the New York Commissioner of Labor issued guidelines for implementing this leave. Report Link New Notice Requirements in New York for Blood Donation Leave and for Nursing Mothers to Express Milk in the Workplace.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - July 10, 2008 New York requires employers to provide leave time for employees to donate blood and to provide nursing mothers reasonable break time to express breast milk in the workplace. Guidelines recently issued by the New York State Commissioner of Labor now require covered employers to notify employees of their rights under these laws. Report Link New York Construction Contractors to Need 10-Hour OSHA Course for Public Works Projects.Jackson Lewis LLP - May 27, 2008 All public works contracts for New York state and municipal construction jobs of $250,000 or more will require certification that employees performing work under the contract will have completed successfully the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) 10-hour construction course, according to a state law becoming effective July 18, 2008. The course includes topics such as excavations, electrical safety, ladders, fall protection, chemical hazard communication and other safety and health topics. Report Link More Amendments to the New York Labor Law.Vedder Price - December 20, 2007 As of October 16, 2007, New York employers must enter
into written compensation contracts with salespeople
who are paid on commission, or risk an adverse fi nding
on compensation terms in any NYS DOL proceeding.
NY CLS Labor § 191(1)(c). Report Link Deadline for Compliance with New York Social Security Law Approaching (pdf)Vedder Price - October 01, 2007 A new law going into effect in New York on January 1, 2008 regulates the way that employers record and display information about their employees. The Social Security Number Protection Law imposes civil liability upon all people and nongovernment entities, including nongovernment employers, who fail to adequately restrict access to their employees’ Social Security numbers. Report Link New Laws Impact New York Employers and Require Changes to Personnel Policies.Ford & Harrison LLP - September 24, 2007 Employers in New York should be aware of two new laws that will require them to amend their personnel policies. Report Link New York Legislative Update.Jackson Lewis LLP - September 19, 2007 During the 2007 legislative session, the New York legislature passed and Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into law various pieces of legislation relevant to New York employers. We previously summarized new legislation pertaining to employee time off rights for expressing breast milk and for making blood donations. (See New York Employers Required to Provide Time Off for Expressing Breast Milk and for Donating Blood.) Below are additional modifications to the New York Labor Law and amendments to the New York Human Rights Law that affect employers. Report Link Nursing Mothers in the Workplace (pdf).Vedder Price - September 18, 2007 This August, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Law, which requires all New
York employers to allow employees who are nursing mothers to express breast milk during break periods. The
law mandates that opportunities to express milk must be given during either paid or unpaid breaks, but does
not require the creation of paid break periods. If existing breaks, including meal time, are insuffi cient to meet
the reasonable needs of an employee wishing to express milk, the employer must offer additional time but need
not compensate the employee for that time. The law affords this protection for a three-year period following
the birth of an employee’s child. Report Link New York Employers Required to Provide Time Off for Expressing Breast Milk and for Donating Blood.Jackson Lewis LLP - August 30, 2007 New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed legislation requiring all employers in the state to provide break time for nursing female employees to express breast milk. Employers must provide the break time for up to 3 years after the birth of a child. The break time need not be paid under the enactment, but to ensure wage and hour compliance, such time must be paid if the break is for less than 20 minutes. Report Link New York's High Court Holds Security Dealers' Employment Separation Forms Are Absolutely Privileged.Jackson Lewis LLP - April 04, 2007 New York's highest court has resolved an securities industry issue that has plagued employers for years -- what to put on a departing employee's Form U-5. Report Link 2006 New York State Legislative Wrap-Up.Jackson Lewis LLP - August 25, 2006 During its recently concluded legislative session, the New York State legislature considered various pieces of legislation relevant to New York State employers. Below is a summary of the major pieces of legislation: (i) passed by the legislature and signed into law by New York State Governor George Pataki; (ii) passed by the legislature but vetoed by Governor Pataki; and (iii) considered but not passed by the legislature. Report Link New York Employers Should Be Aware of New Obligations Under Recent Laws and Court Decisions.Jackson Lewis LLP - February 03, 2006 The year 2005 was a busy one in employment law in New York State and New York City, ushering in a variety of legislative enactments and court decisions affecting employee rights and employer obligations. Below is a summary of some recent legislative enactments and court decisions impacting New York employers. Report Link New York Employers Now Required To Advise Employees of Information Technology Security Breaches.Jackson Lewis LLP - September 15, 2005 To provide employees with protection from identity theft in the workplace, numerous state legislatures have enacted legislation requiring employers to notify employees of any breach of security protocols for private information contained in an employer's computer systems. Report Link Back to Basics: Workplace Law Answers for New York Employers.Jackson Lewis LLP - July 20, 2004 In "Back to Basics" we provide answers to those frequent employment and labor law questions that plague employers. Report Link "Neutrality" Legislation Will Create Recordkeeping and Other Burdens for NY Employers.Jackson Lewis LLP - November 12, 2002 New York has become the second state to enact so-called labor neutrality legislation (Bill A.11784/S.7822). Effective December 29, 2002, New York employers will be prohibited from using state funding to train managers and supervisors, or to hire attorneys or consultants, to encourage or discourage union activity.
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