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HR Alert: Construction Site Sexual Harassment

Written by Lisa Coppola on November 28, 2024. Posted in Compliance, Employment.

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) from the U.S. Department of Labor recently created a new guide to combat discrimination and harassment in the construction industry. We’re here to tell you about it. Combatting...

HR Alert: Guide for Supporting Transgender Employees

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 21, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

With our ever changing society, identities and the associated standards are constantly developing. Transgender and non-gender conforming workers are becoming more common, and new laws are being created to protect them. As a...

HR Alert: Workers With Disabilities

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 28, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The employment rate for people with disabilities is half of that for able-bodied workers. The New York State Assembly is trying to tackle this issue with a new package of bills that heighten resources for workers with disabilities....

HR Alert: EEOC on Human Trafficking & The Workplace

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 8, 2023. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

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 human...

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HR Alert: Biden’s Executive Order Targets Noncompetes

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 26, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Most people are aware that noncompetes prevent employees from working for competitors in specified geographic areas for specified amounts of time. But noncompetes as we know them may be changing. On July 9, 2021, President...

HR Alert: Double the Trouble, Double the Fun?

Written by Lisa Coppola on September 16, 2020. Posted in Business, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A Presidential Memorandum issued August 8th directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use his authority to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s share of Social Security tax for employees generally...

HR Alert: Workers’ Compensation Benefits & COVID-19

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 16, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Can an employee receive workers’ compensation benefits if she contracts COVID-19? Maybe. The answer to this question depends on the circumstances and is decided on a case-by-case basis. Here’s what New York employers need to...

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...

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