KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Even though the holiday spirit has worn off and “business as usual” has resumed, Valentine’s Day has the unique ability to kindle, or rekindle, social/romantic connections among coworkers. In fact, chances are that at least two employees in your workforce have plans to...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Now that you are off and running with the start of 2019, it is a good time to hit “refresh” on your labor and employment-related practices to ensure that they are up-to-date and provide for efficient and effective management of your work force.Here...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As you may know, it is important to periodically review the composition of your bargaining units to determine whether there are any employees who should be removed due to their “managerial” or “confidential” status. Employees who are formally designated as either “managerial” and/or...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the ACA”) requires certain large employers to annually report whether and what health insurance coverage has been offered to full-time employees. The ACA also requires health care providers and employers providing self-insured coverage to report certain...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, effective December 22, 2018, New York school bus drivers will soon be subject to pre-employment and random drug and alcohol tests.The Vehicle and Traffic Law currently prohibits bus drivers from consuming or possessing drugs, controlled substances...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As we advised you in our October 1, 2018 client memo, New York State recently released the final versions of its model policy regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, model training materials, FAQs and other related documents. Below is a list of the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Earlier today, New York State released the final versions of its model policy, model training materials, FAQs and other related documents regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. The State did not, however, release any information explaining what, specifically, was changed in the final...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As we advised you earlier this year, in April 2018, New York State enacted Labor Law Section 201-g mandating that all public and private employers address workplace sexual harassment by, among other things, adopting and implementing a sexual harassment policy and training program...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that Civil Service Law Section 75 has been amended to include labor class employees with five years of continuous service.As you may know, Section 75 describes the rights and procedures with regard to the discipline of employees...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The New York Safe Act added § 9.46 to the Mental Hygiene Law, which requires mental health professionals providing treatment services to an individual to report to county mental health officials whenever, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, the mental health professional...
