KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, effective December 22, 2018, New York school bus drivers will soon be subject to pre-employment and random drug and alcohol tests.The Vehicle and Traffic Law currently prohibits bus drivers from consuming or possessing drugs, controlled substances...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As we advised you in our October 1, 2018 client memo, New York State recently released the final versions of its model policy regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, model training materials, FAQs and other related documents. Below is a list of the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Earlier today, New York State released the final versions of its model policy, model training materials, FAQs and other related documents regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. The State did not, however, release any information explaining what, specifically, was changed in the final...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As we advised you earlier this year, in April 2018, New York State enacted Labor Law Section 201-g mandating that all public and private employers address workplace sexual harassment by, among other things, adopting and implementing a sexual harassment policy and training program...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that Civil Service Law Section 75 has been amended to include labor class employees with five years of continuous service.As you may know, Section 75 describes the rights and procedures with regard to the discipline of employees...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The New York Safe Act added § 9.46 to the Mental Hygiene Law, which requires mental health professionals providing treatment services to an individual to report to county mental health officials whenever, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, the mental health professional...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Below are the important dates and deadlines for the 2019 Budget Vote and Election: MARCH – APRIL 2019March 1:Deadline for submission to the State Comptroller, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the District’s Tax Levy Limit for the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… In one of its penultimate decisions for this term, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion and decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31. By a vote of 5-4, the Court declared that requiring public employees, without their consent, to pay agency...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing as a follow up to our May 4, 2018 client memorandum (attached) regarding the enactment of Education Law Section 908. This law requires covered schools[1] to submit, by July 1, 2018, a plan to the State Education Department (“SED”) electronic...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that a portion of the Taylor Law (specifically, Civil Service Law § 208) has been modified as a part of this year’s legislation accompanying the 2018-2019 New York State Budget Bill. The changes appear to be a...
