On January 1,2015, the Affordable Care Act's ("ACA") employer shared responsibility and employer reporting provisions went into effect. "Applicable large employers;" i.e., those with at least 50 full-time and full-time equivalent employees, should have already taken steps to plan for the implementation of the shared...
With the New Year upon us, it is a good time for you to review the practices within your personnel or human resources department. For your use, we are providing a checklist of some best employment-related practices. ...
This memorandum is being written to remind you about your obligations pursuant to New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act and to inform you that the Act has just been amended, effective on February 27, 2015. The amendments, among other changes, eliminate an employer’s obligation to...
We are writing to remind you that any employee designated as “managerial” and/or “confidential” by the Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) is excluded from the definition of “public employee” and cannot be included in a bargaining unit. As the new calendar year begins, it is...
We are writing to remind you about your obligations pursuant to New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act and to inform you that the Act has just been amended, effective on February 27, 2015. The amendments, among other changes, eliminate an employer’s obligation to provide annual...
On January 1, 2015, Mara N. Harvey became Counsel to the Firm.View Announcement...
The Board of Regents has adopted an emergency rule (“the Rule”) significantly amending Section 100.2(y) of the Regulations of the Commissioner with regard to student residency procedures. The rationale supporting this emergency action is to protect the constitutional rights of unaccompanied minors and undocumented youths...
The U.S. Department of Education, New York Office for Civil Rights, (“OCR”) recently determined that a BOCES discriminated against students by failing to publish a non-discrimination notice that complied with federal laws and regulations.[1] We encourage all of our school district and BOCES clients (“schools”)...
Scott M. Karson authored an article which reported on the New York State Bar Association fall meeting held in Albany, New York from October 30 - November 1, 2014. The article, which appeared in the December 2014 issue of The Suffolk Lawyer, the newspaper of...
Governor Cuomo recently signed legislation that expands access to emergency medication for students and school personnel. One new law, which goes into effect on March 5, 2015, allows school employees to administer epinephrine auto-injectors (“epi-pens”) to students or staff without prescriptions in emergency situations.[1] The...
