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HR Alert: Don’t Ask About Salary History (& Other New Employee Protections in New York)

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 12, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship. 1 Comment

Effective January 6, 2020, New York employers no longer may rely on a prospect’s salary history to determine his or her pay. Governor Cuomo signed bills into law with this and other employee protections during the U.S....

HR Alert: Federal Court Rules That Sexual Harassment Claims May Go To Mandatory Arbitration

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 3, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

The last year has been filled with sweeping changes for sexual harassment claims brought under the New York State Human Rights Law. One of those changes was an amendment to CPLR § 7515, which now prohibits mandatory arbitration...

Easy, Compliant, Online Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 27, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

The Coppola Firm now offers an online version of its popular sexual harassment prevention training. Visit sexual-harassment-training.com to sign up today. The deadline for training to be completed for 2019 is October 9th, less...

HR Alert: Employers May Limit Non-Employees From Promoting Union Activity in Certain Spaces

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 25, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

This month the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overturned longstanding law that limited the ability of an employer to exclude non-employees from promoting union activity in the employer’s public spaces. The underlying...

HR Alert: Sweeping Changes To New York Law Preventing Discrimination & Harassment In the Workplace

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 20, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

This week, the New York Senate and Assembly passed a bill that calls for major expansion of New York State laws protecting employees. We expect that the Governor will soon sign the bill into law. Here’s what employers need...

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Law Firm Launches Convenient & Affordable Compliance Solution

Written by Support on May 27, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The Coppola Firm is pleased to announce the first of its kind in Upstate New York: online sexual harassment prevention training by licensed attorneys. Recognizing that businesses of all sizes, particularly small businesses,...

HR Alert: Pre-Employment Testing for Marijuana to be Unlawful In NYC

Written by Support on May 13, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The New York City Administrative Code now makes it unlawful for most NYC employers to test employees for marijuana as a condition of employment. This became law on May 10, 2019 and becomes effective in one year, that is, on...

HR Alert: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Cases on LGBTQ+ Workplace Bias

Written by Support on April 22, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

During its next term, which begins in October, the U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear three cases that should result in a ruling about whether federal workplace discrimination laws (commonly known as Title VII) protect sexual...

Employers Must Not Extend Or Delay Employees’ FMLA Benefits

Written by Support on April 4, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

In a recent opinion issued by the federal Department of Labor (DOL), employers are cautioned not to delay designating an employee’s leave as protected by the federal Family & Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). This means that...

HR Alert: Proposed OT Rule Open for Comment

Written by Support on March 29, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

For employers wishing to have their voices heard, the comment period for the federal Overtime Rules Revision, which we recently wrote about, is open through May 21, 2019. Why do it? It makes sense to ensure policy makers hear...

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