Client Memos

  KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As you may know, it is important to periodically 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… The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the ACA”) requires certain large employers to annually report whether and what health insurance coverage has been offered to full-time employees. The ACA also requires health care providers and employers providing self-insured coverage to report certain...

  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… 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… 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...