As we have previously advised you, the Affordable Care Act (“the ACA”) imposes a “pay or play” mandate on employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent employees. In general, this provision requires these employers to provide affordable health insurance to at least...
On November 19, 2013, Alyson Mathews and Richard Zuckerman presented on the Affordable Care Act to the Council of Licensed Physiotherapists of New York, Inc. at the Holiday Inn – LaGuardia, Queens, New York....
Section 472.12 of the Regulations of the Industrial Commissioner was recently repealed and replaced with a new version. This section governs employer responses to requests from the New York Department of Labor (“DOL”) for employee information in connection with a pending unemployment insurance application....
Scott M. Karson authored an article which reported on the New York State Bar Association fall meeting held in Albany, New York from October 31 - November 2, 2013. The article, which appeared in the December 2013 issue of The Suffolk Lawyer, the newspaper of...
On October 25, 2013, Alyson Mathews participated in a panel discussion on the topic "The Affordable Care Act is Here – Now What?" at NAWBO’s Informational Meeting, sponsored by and held at BDO, 401 Broadhollow Road, Lower Level, in Melville....
We are writing to provide you with an overview of recent medical developments and their impact on an employee’s right to an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the New York Human Rights Law (HRL), and their jurisprudence. ...
In our memorandum of April 1, 2013, we advised you that the Court of Appeals agreed to take jurisdiction of Nassau County’s appeal from the Appellate Division, Second Department’s decision annulling, as unconstitutional, the County’s attempt to repeal the County Guarantee through its enactment of...
As we have previously advised you, the Affordable Care Act requires, among other things, that all employers provide their employees with a notice regarding the availability of healthcare exchanges. In our August 22, 2013 client memo, we provided you with a "Top 10 Questions and...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Now that another school year has begun, we would like to share with you the following timeline of the important dates and deadlines for the 2014 School District Budget Vote and Board of Education Election. THIS MEMORANDUM IS MEANT TO ASSIST IN GENERAL UNDERSTANDING...
Employees are more frequently using their work e-mail accounts to conduct personal business. In recognition of this trend, many employers, pursuant to their computer use policies, permit limited incidental personal use of these accounts and/or other computer hardware. ...
