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HR Alert: Religious Exemptions

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 30, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As we know, federal law prohibits employers from taking what the law calls an adverse employment action – some kind of negative action – against an employee for her religious beliefs, even when those beliefs conflict...

HR Alert: Paying Employees After Their Departure

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 16, 2023. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Whether it’s amicable or not, after an employee leaves, there can be questions that arise. These questions can be particularly sensitive when they’re centered around the payment of wages or compensation. New York...

HR Alert: Commission Sales & Overtime in A Retail Establishment

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 20, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Employers in the retail space long have struggled to determine whether their business is considered a “retail or service” establishment according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. This important distinction...

HR Alert: The EEOC Provides Guidance on the Intersection between COVID-19 and EEO Laws

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 15, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As workplaces plan to re-open, employers should heed new COVID-19 related guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As the guidance makes clear, responding to COVID-19 is ripe with potential to run afoul...

HR Alert: NY Employer Election Duties

Written by Lisa Coppola on November 1, 2018. Posted in Business, Employment.

“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.” ~Sharon Salzberg (American author) Election day is November 6, 2018. While there’s no need here to emphasize...

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