KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you about recent amendments to New York law, which (1) require a school district or BOCES to terminate a teacher without providing an Education Law Section 3020-a disciplinary hearing and (2) require the Commissioner of Education to automatically...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Effective July 24, 2008, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 increased the federal minimum wage to $6.55 per hour. Employers must post an up-to-date bulletin with the new rate in a conspicuous place so as to permit employees to readily read it.THIS MEMORANDUM IS...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This is a brief synopsis to the November 27, 2007, legal update entitled “New Legislation Regarding Leaves of Absence for Blood Donations and Nursing Mothers” to inform you about a new law which required certain employers to grant three hours of leave in any 12-month period...
"Who's Who in Corporate Law," Long Island Business News, June 20-26, 2008 - Steven Godsberg, Esq. was featured in this article regarding prominent corporate attorneys on Long Island.View Reprint of Article...
"Municipalities must place focus on payroll classifications," Suffolk Attorney, May 14, 2008, Eugene R. Barnosky authored this article on the proper classification of workers.View Reprint of Article...
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Scott M. Karson, Esq., represented the Suffolk County Bar Association as its delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates at the ABA’s 2008 Midyear Meeting in Los Angeles. The 536-member House of Delegates, the ABA’s policy-making body, is comprised of delegates elected by...
"To Pay Debt, Use Will Power," Jeffrey A. Zankel, Esq., Newsday, January 5, 2008.View Article...
With the New Year upon us, it may be a good time to review the composition of your bargaining units to ascertain whether there are any employees who should not be in a union due to their "managerial" and/or "confidential" status....
Eugene R. Barnosky was elected Vice Chair of the South Huntington Educational Foundation, Inc. (SHEF). SHEF is an independent non-profit foundation committed to enrich and supplement programs for the South Huntington Union Free School District by providing funding for projects that would not be financed...
