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May 20, 2012 Lamb & Barnosky, LLP Walks for the American Heart Association
On May 20, 2012, some of the staff at Lamb & Barnosky, LLP participated in the American Heart Association’s 2nd Annual Healing Heart 5K Run/Walk, which was held at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead, New York. Lamb & Barnosky, LLP is proud to support this...
May 16, 2012 Alyson Mathews Accepts NYSBA Diversity Challenge Award
The NYSBA Labor and Employment Law Section was named one of 10 first place winners of the President’s Diversity Challenge. Alyson Mathews (pictured in the first row, third from the right) served as a member of the Section’s Diversity Challenge Committee and accepted a first...
May 08, 2012 Synthetic Cannabinoids and Review of Code of Conduct
Last week, the State Education Department issued the attached memorandum encouraging schools to work with their attorneys to ensure that each school's code of conduct allows them to take "appropriate disciplinary action" in response to the: 1) possession of synthetic cannabinoids on school property or...
May 04, 2012 State Education Department’s Recent APPR Guidance
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… In our March 12, 2012 Client Memo, we set forth the highlights of an agreement to modify the APPR law (Education Law §3012-c) and the legislation drafted to effect those changes. The legislation was recently passed and the Board of Regents adopted new...
May 01, 2012 Alyson Mathews: “Recent PERB Decisions Clarifying the Scope of Bargaining for Interest Arbitration Involving Deputy Sheriffs”
"Recent PERB Decisions Clarifying the Scope of Bargaining for Interest Arbitration Involving Deputy Sheriffs," NYS Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Journal, Spring 2012, Vol. 37, No. 1.View Reprint of Article...
April 20, 2012 Required Posting of Notice of Employee Rights Update – Deadline Postponed
You no longer need to post a notice informing employees of their rights pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act ("the NLRA") by April 30,2012. The posting deadline has yet again been postponed....
April 20, 2012 NYSHIP Buyouts
The New York State Department of Civil Service, Employee Benefits Division has issued a policy memorandum that "clarifies" the circumstances pursuant to which employees who drop their employer-sponsored coverage in the New York State Health Insurance plan NYSHIP,) to participate in a health insurance buyout...
April 10, 2012 Dignity for All Students Act
Pursuant to the requirements of the Dignity for All Students Act ("DASA" or the "Act") which takes effect on July l,20l2,the Board of Regents recently approved an amendment to section 100.20) of the Commissioner's Regulations related to existing Codes of Conduct in public schools....
April 09, 2012 Required Posting of Notice of Employee Rights by April 30, 2012
KEEPING YOU INFORMED…Pursuant to a National Labor Relations Board (“the NLRB”) rule, all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (“the NLRA”) are required to post a notice informing employees of their NLRA-related rights by April 30, 2012 (“the Posting Rule”). As reported in...