New York State law generally requires that a party contemplating suit against a municipal entity must, as a prerequisite, serve a notice of claim. This notice is intended to afford the entity an early opportunity to investigate and, if appropriate, settle the claim. ...
On February 27, 2013, the Appellate Division, Second Department handed down a decision annulling, as unconstitutional, Nassau County’s attempt to repeal the County Guarantee through its enactment of Local Law 18. That Law became effective with the Tax Rolls certified by Nassau County on...
On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act (the “Act”). The Act does not contain any sunset provisions, so there is finally a degree of certainty regarding the federal transfer tax system. For the first time in...
The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” also known as the “Affordable Care Act” or “the ACA,” includes provisions setting forth an employer’s shared responsibility for health insurance coverage and penalties which may be imposed regarding same. This memorandum addresses the shared responsibility provisions,...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers which are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide all new and current employees with a written notice of the availability of the federally mandated health insurance exchanges. An exchange is a government-regulated...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This memorandum is to advise you about guidance issued on January 25, 2013 by the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which clarifies existing legal obligations pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 with respect to affording...
With the New Year upon us, it may be a good time for public employers to review the composition of their bargaining units to ascertain whether there are any employees who should not be in a union due to their "managerial" and/or "confidential" status. ...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED…The New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 (New York SAFE Act) is new gun control legislation which was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on January 15, 2013. This memorandum addresses how this new legislation affects school districts and...
This memo is to remind private sector employers about the annual notice requirements and other provisions of New York’s Wage Theft and Prevention Act, which went in effect on April 9, 2011. The Act was intended to address the failure of some employers to...
On March 23, 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the ACA”). Several provisions of the ACA go into effect on January 1, 2014. Among those provisions, and one about which we have received many questions, is the requirement that...
