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HR Alert: Paid Leave Tax Credit Expands

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 21, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Employers that provide paid family and medical leave may have a new reason to take a close look at their leave programs. The federal Employer Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave, found in Internal Revenue Code Section...

HR Alert: FTC and New York AG Continue to Target No-Hire Agreements

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 26, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A no-hire provision tucked into a customer, vendor, staffing, or franchise agreement may look like standard contract language. It may be anything but standard. Federal regulators and the New York Attorney General have repeatedly...

HR Alert: Hot Flashes at Work? Congress Has a Bill for That

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 25, 2026. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Health Care.

Menopause has finally made it to Congress. On July 14, 2026, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell of Michigan and Yvette Clarke of New York introduced the Menopausal Workers’ Fairness Act, a bill that would require covered employers...

HR Alert: Second Circuit Revives Race Discrimination Claims Against Employer

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 1, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision is a useful reminder for employers, especially small businesses: discrimination claims don’t always require a smoking gun. Sometimes, what creates legal risk is inconsistency. In...

HR Alert: Remote Work Requests

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 30, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

An Employee Asked to Work Remotely. Now What? Remote work requests are still coming up for New York employers, and they’re not always simple. Sometimes an employee wants to work from home because it’s easier, more convenient,...

HR Alert: Overtime Exemptions Update

Written by Kimberly Wallace on June 29, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The federal overtime exemption rule has changed again. On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a technical amendment to the federal overtime exemption regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, commonly...

HR Alert: EEOC Challenges DEI Hiring Practices

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 20, 2026. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the understanding of how Title VII applies to employers was not up for significant debate. Under the current federal administration, though, that appears to be changing. EEOC...

HR Alert: New DEI Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors, But the Law Hasn’t Changed

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 30, 2026. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

President Trump’s new DEI Executive Order puts federal contractors and subcontractors on notice, but it does not rewrite federal or New York discrimination law. Small businesses and nonprofits need to understand what the Order...

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HR Alert: Practical Guidance on New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law

Written by Lisa Coppola on October 22, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As we previously reported, New York’s new Paid Sick Leave (PSL) requires all employers to provide sick leave each year. For very small employers with four or fewer employees, they must provide 40 hours of PSL annually – it’s...

HR Alert: Minimum Wage Update in New York

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 2, 2019. Posted in Business, Employment.

There are new rules afoot in New York State. With the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 come new minimum wage requirements. Effective December 31st, the minimum wage increased to $11.10 per hour in upstate areas like Erie,...

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