Client Memos

KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Happy 2021 everyone! 2020 is at last behind us, which makes now a good time to refresh and revamp your employment handbook, policies and practices to place you in the best position to efficiently and effectively manage your workforce. Below is a checklist...

KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Now that the President has signed Congress’ recently-passed COVID-19 relief bill, we are writing to advise you as to the status of the federal COVID-19 leaves (the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”)),[1]...

  KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, on December 15, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed into law long-awaited changes to the State’s Power of Attorney (POA) law. The new law (A.5630-A/S.3923-A), which takes effect on June 13, 2021, creates a presumption in favor of...

  KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, due to the expected continuation of both travel-related cases and community contact transmission of COVID-19, the Governor has issued Executive Order 202.79, permitting public and non-public schools located within geographic areas designated by the Department of...

  KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the NYS Commissioner of Education has issued a new uniform record retention and disposition schedule that must be adopted by all local governments, including cities, towns, villages, fire districts, counties, school districts, BOCES, teacher resource and...