On September 23, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection published proposed rules to implement the city’s automated employment decision tools (AEDT) law. The law, which will take effect on January 1, 2023, conditions the use of automated employment decision tools by employers and employment agencies
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New York City to Convene Hearing on Proposed Rules for Automated Decision Tools Legislation
As we previously reported, restrictions concerning the use of automated tools to screen candidates for employment or employees for promotion within New York City are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2023. The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will hold a public hearing concerning proposed
New York City Proposes Regulations to Clarify Requirements for Using Automated Employment Decision Tools
On September 23, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) proposed additional rules relating to Local Law 144 of 2021, which will regulate the use of automated employment decision tools starting January 1, 2023. The newly proposed rules provide much-needed clarity on key gaps
NYC Private-Sector Vaccine Mandate Becomes Optional Beginning November 1, 2022
On September 20, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York City’s private-sector vaccine mandate would become optional for businesses, beginning on November 1, 2022. The first-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccination mandate for private-sector workers enacted by former mayor Bill de Blasio took effect on December 27, 2021.
No More COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for New York City’s Private Sector
Beginning November 1, 2022, New York City private sector employees will no longer be subject to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
New York State Law Requires Employers to Provide Remote Workers with Digital Copies of Mandated Postings
Many companies have closed their office spaces for good and converted their operations entirely online. While the necessity of working in a physical office has recently become a highly debated topic, legislators have also been proactive in reaffirming and validating the protection of remote workers.
The New York State
New York State to Follow CDC Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantines and Isolations
On September 14, 2022, the New York State Department of Health updated its COVID-19 quarantine and isolation webpage to remove earlier written COVID-19 guidance and tables dated May 31, 2022 (the “May Guidance”).1 The webpage now states that New York is following the updated August 24, 2022 CDC guidance regarding
Pay Transparency Coming Soon to Westchester County, New York
Westchester County’s salary transparency law, amending the local Human Rights Law, is set to take effect November 6, 2022. The County law will require employers (with at least four employees), employment agencies, and labor organizations to include a minimum or maximum salary for a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity in
New York Department of Health Extends Deadline and Issues Additional Guidance for Health Care Worker Bonus Program
In early August, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) announced and opened the New York Health Care Worker Bonus (HWB) Program, which provides $1.2 billion dollars in health care worker bonuses to eligible employees.
New York State Bar Adds Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection as New CLE Category
On August 17, 2022, New York announced an amendment to the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program Rules, which adds a requirement for attorneys to complete at least one CLE credit hour in Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection as part of fulfilling their CLE requirements.
New York barred attorneys will be
New York Department of Health Revises Health Screening Requirements for Home Care Workers
On August 2, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (the “Department”) issued revised guidance regarding daily health screenings and related policies for home care staff. Specifically, the new guidance reduces the number of daily health screenings required for home care staff from two to one and reiterates
New York Appellate Court Takes First Crack at Interpreting NYC’s Freelancing Law
The First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division (the “Appellate Division”) recently issued the first appellate decision interpreting New York City’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act (FIFA).1 Plaintiffs – a photography business and a model – first filed an administrative complaint against a high-end fashion label for failure to pay
New York Construction Wage Theft Law: Prime Contractors Responsible for Subcontractor’s Failures
The scope for liability related to employee wage claims has changed dramatically for contractors and subcontractors operating in New York under a new law that shifts wage payment obligations to prime contractors.
New York State Legislature Seeks to Regulate Work-Related “Quotas” for Warehouse Workers
On June 3, 2022, the New York Legislature passed Senate Bill 8922, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which if signed into law, would significantly further regulate the working conditions of warehouse workers in New York State. As detailed below, the WWPA, following similar legislation in California, would restrict
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