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A New I-9 Wrinkle for Employers

Written by Support on January 23, 2017. Posted in Business, Employment. 1 Comment

The federal I-9 form is required to be completed whenever an employer makes a hire. Its intended use is to verify both the new employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States. Starting this month, there...

Navigating Blizzards: The Responsibility of New York Employers

Written by Support on January 18, 2017. Posted in Employment.

The holidays have come and gone, and winter weather is just around the corner: icy roads, white-out conditions, and travel bans. When the weather gets bad, some employees need to leave work early and others call off. Must an...

NYC Bans Questions on Salary History

Written by Support on January 11, 2017. Posted in Employment.

A trend in local policymaking may indicate a positive step for women and minorities in combatting the wage gap as well as a tweak in the hiring process for employers. In November, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an...

NY Minimum Wage, Redux

Written by Support on October 26, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

While it’s no surprise that minimum wage increased at the end of 2015, employers are well advised to periodically review their lower-wage earners in order to stay abreast of the annual increases slated for the next several...

Shh! Non-Disclosure Agreements 101

Written by Support on January 31, 2016. Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship.

It’s natural to be excited about a new business idea, whether it’s a service or product. Your excitement, however, can lead to inadvertent risk depending on how, when and where you’re talking about it. Generally...

Lawyer Stoops to Indefensible Attack

Written by Support on January 20, 2016. Posted in Lawyer Ethics.

This is for the lawyers in the room, since the issue is professional conduct during depositions in a case pending in the Northern District of California, Claypole v. County of Monterey. There, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal...

NYC Expands Workplace Discrimination Law

Written by Support on December 29, 2015. Posted in Employment.

We wonder whether New York State will follow the lead of New York City which on December 16, 2015 amended its municipal law to make it illegal for an employer to terminate, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against...

Talk, Talk, Talk

Written by Support on December 12, 2015. Posted in Employment.

Under the National Labor Relations Act, a federal law that already governs much of the New York State workforce, an employer may not “hush up” its employees and prohibit their discussing compensation or, for that matter, any...

Wages and Women

Written by Support on December 7, 2015. Posted in Employment.

Governor Cuomo signed a bill in late October – effective January 19, 2016 – that prohibits wage discrimination in the workplace. Labor Law section 194(1) provides that when a man and woman work in the same setting...

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