Compliance
New York’s Fight Against Puppy Mills: A Victory for Animal Welfare
Background Puppy mills are overcrowded and unhealthy. They’re an unfit environment that prioritizes profit over animal welfare. This leads to widespread health problems and suffering for the dogs involved. The health…
HR Alert: NY Workers’ Compensation and Mental Health
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a bill into law that’s likely to have a significant impact on workers’ compensation here in New York. Ultimately, it creates an additional burden on employers and is bou…
Corporate Transparency Act – Off AGAIN.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed itself late yesterday and is holding the district court’s nationwide injunction in place for now. This means the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) – and its requiremen…
HR Alert: 2025 NYS Paid Family Leave Updates
We’ve written about New York’s Paid Family Leave Act in the past. New York State’s Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez recently announced some new updates and employee-favorable terms that g…
Corporate Transparency Act – It’s Back in Business for Small Businesses
As happens with legislation that’s making its way through the court system, sometimes a law is enjoined, and then other times, the injunction is stayed or held in abeyance. As we wrote about mere weeks ago, the Corpo…
HR Alert: January 1, 2025 NY Minimum Wage Increase
January 1, 2025 is around the corner. The first of the year is a trigger for employers and human resources professionals to have your ducks in a row, as we’ve written about in the past. One change is obvious, as we&#…
HR Alert: Wage Deductions Revisited
Pay Deductions – Can You Do It? Today, we want to talk about wage deductions. What’s allowed and what’s not in New York State? Although the Legislature and the New York Department of Labor’s Division of Labor S…
HR Alert: NY Paid Prenatal Leave Effective January 1st!
In April 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the paid prenatal leave law. It updated New York’s paid sick leave law. Paid prenatal leave becomes effective January 1, 2025, which is just a few short weeks away. We previously…
HR Alert: Construction Site Sexual Harassment
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) from the U.S. Department of Labor recently created a new guide to combat discrimination and harassment in the construction industry. We’re here to tell you about i…
HR Alert: FMLA Leave for Clinical Trials
Must you allow an employee to take FMLA leave when she says she’s joining a clinical trial? In a recent opinion letter dated November 8, 2024, the Wage and Hour Division of the federal Department of Labor (DOL) respo…