KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This may be a good time for you to review the composition of your bargaining units to determine whether there are any employees who should be removed due to their “managerial” or “confidential” status. Employees who are formally designated as either “managerial” and/or...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Now that you are off and running with the start of 2018, it is a good time to hit “refresh” on your labor and employment-related practices to ensure that they are up-to-date and provide for efficient and effective management of your work force.Here...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Despite the currently (often below) freezing weather, Spring and Summer will be here before we know it. This means that employers across New York State will soon be accepting new classes of students and other individuals into their internship programs. One of the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED…We are writing to advise you of a recent amendment to New York Civil Service Law (“CSL”) §§ 159-b and 159-c regarding leaves of absence for prostate and breast cancer screenings.CSL § 159-b currently entitles almost all public sector employees[1] to take a...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you about your obligations pursuant to New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act. Although the Act was amended in 2015 to, among other things, eliminate the requirement to provide current employees with annual wage notices by February 1, the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law legislation extending the State’s veterans “eligible funds” property tax exemption to school taxes. This exemption allows for a reduction in the assessed value of property purchased by veterans with the use of “eligible funds;” i.e., a...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As you may have read in the news, the Supreme Court in Rockland County recently held that the East Ramapo School District’s Board of Education violated the Open Meetings Law (“OML”) when it made a motion to “convene into executive session to discuss...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing as a follow up reminder to our November 2, 2017 client memorandum (attached) regarding the New York Paid Family Leave Law’s (“NYPFL Law”) December 1, 2017 notification deadline for certain public sector employers.By now, you have most likely determined whether...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you of certain personnel-related posters and notices that must be displayed in the workplace. State and federal law require that these postings be displayed in conspicuous locations where other notifications of workplace rights and employer rules and policies...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… With Veterans Day drawing near, we are writing to remind you of holiday pay benefits that public sector employers must make available to certain veterans.Pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 63, all public sector employers must provide a leave of absence with pay...
