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HR Alert: EEOC Now at Full Strength

Written by Lisa Coppola on November 10, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

President Trump named Andrea Lucas to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has been acting chair since January, 2025. She was first nominated in 2020 to the EEOC during President Trump’s first tenure....

HR Alert: Update on Pay Transparency

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 21, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Remember that Pay Transparency Law we previously discussed? As of now there’s still no regulation to provide clarity. The regulations that had been proposed expired without being finalized. We’ll explain how this happened...

HR Alert: Wage Deductions Revisited

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 17, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

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 Standards...

HR Alert: An Uncertain Future for the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 1, 2024. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A few months ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a regulation that banned virtually all non-compete agreements in the United States. It seemed as though a new era had dawned for employers and employees alike....

HR Alert: New Proposed Rule on Heat Exposure in the Workplace

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 22, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

In the past couple of months, the United States has been hit with a severe and unrelenting heat wave, with many cities on track to have their hottest summers in recent history. In response, the Occupational Safety and Health...

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