KEEPING YOU INFORMED… 1. THE SECURE ACTOn December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”). This legislation makes important changes to the rules governing retirement savings and retirement plans.The...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… In March 2014, Education Law § 2-d was enacted to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (“PII”) of students and certain annual professional performance review (“APPR”) data of teachers and principals. As you may know, the State has been in...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As we advised you in our November 20, 2019 client memo (copy attached), Labor Law § 203-e was recently adopted. It prohibits employers from engaging in discriminatory or retaliatory personnel actions against an employee because of the employee’s or the employee’s dependent’s reproductive...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED…On December 6, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed into law a $5,000 increase to the RSSL § 212 earning limitation for retired persons working in positions in public service. Commencing with the 2020 calendar year, the earning limitation will be $35,000. This is the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… In connection with Veterans Day, the New York State Legislature passed, and the Governor signed into law, two new laws that afford greater protections to military and naval veterans. We are writing to advise you about these new laws, as well as another...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and last month was National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. With these important causes in mind, we are writing to remind you of your obligations with respect to providing employees with paid leave for cancer screenings.New York Civil...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you of recent amendments to the Education Law shortening the probationary period for certain administrators. The law for administrators now more closely aligns with that governing the probationary period for teachers.The standard probationary period for teachers and administrators...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you of regulations that were recently adopted by the New York State Board of Regents regarding the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) of classroom teachers and building principals. On April 12, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed legislation amending Education...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that, among other things, non-exempt employees be paid overtime at a rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked above 40 hours worked per week. So-called “white collar” employees (i.e.,...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you of additional legislation clarifying the recent amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (“the HRL”) and to provide a summary of the substantive changes. The legislation provides that several of the HRL amendments apply only...
