Employment

If you’re an employer, you know just how important hiring is to the health of your organization. The hiring process has yet another layer of intricacy for employers with the New York State Pay Transparency Law. New York em…

New York State employers are held to both federal and State standards when it comes to sexual harassment laws and regulations. While New York requires mandatory annual training for all employees and training should help em…

With the start of the fall semester, companies may be looking to expand their teams. Luckily, thousands of college and high school students are seeking relevant career insight and experience. Business owners and managers s…

Autumn’s on its way, and another strain of COVID-19 seems to be worming its way into our lives. Let’s hope it stays away, but in the event it affects your workplace, remember that New York still mandates that e…

The IRS has announced a moratorium on processing Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, through at least the end of 2023. Citing the need to protect taxpayers from fraud, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said: “The IRS…

As we previously shared, New York’s pay transparency law is set to take effect on September 17, 2023.  Earlier this year, state lawmakers amended the impending law to clarify what types of jobs are covered by the law while…

The NYS WARN Act stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and it requires certain businesses to provide early warnings of closures and layoffs depending on their size. The law requires that businesses …

It’s been a long, hot summer. Time for a nice, cold . . . FMLA refresher! Business owners, human resources professionals, and company managers – do you remember all the criteria that allow an employee to use FMLA leave? Le…

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has added information to its website regarding human trafficking. This information is designed to help young workers, employers, and parents to identify signs of huma…

In March 2022, the federal government began prohibiting forced arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault disputes. These sorts of arbitration provisions are commonly contained in many employment agreements, and w…