Earlier this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio released comprehensive guidelines on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector employees and...
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New York Reimplements Statewide Mask Mandate
This morning, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that all indoor public places must now require masks, unless the business has, or implements,...
New York City Mandates Vaccination for Private Employers
Earlier today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all private sector employees working in the five boroughs....
New York City Mandates Vaccination for Private School Employees
Yesterday, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced that the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for school employees will now extend to non-public...
OSHA Releases Federal Vaccine Rule
*Update* On January 13th, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that freezes Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private businesses. If you have...
California New Wage and Hour Laws
A new California law aims to reduce wage violations by setting monetary penalties for employers and gives prosecutors the authority to charge the...
Overview on Retaliation
In the past 20 years retaliation claims have increased by 100%. With this increase, retaliation has become the highest percentage of claims with the...
Guidance Issued on NY Recreational Cannabis Law
On October 8th, the New York Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued guidance addressing how employers should handle drug testing in order to comply with...
Workplace Vaccine Requirement
On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that within the next few weeks, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
NYS HERO ACT
Background On May 5, 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO ACT) into law. This law was...