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...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you of the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“NYPFL Law”) December 1, 2017 deadline for certain public sector employers. As we previously advised in our August client memo (attached), opting into providing benefits pursuant to this Law...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the New York State Education Department has issued guidance (copy attached) regarding students displaced by recent hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and several countries in the Caribbean. Some of the families...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Below are the important dates and deadlines for the 2018 Budget Vote and Election: MARCH – APRIL 2018March 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… We previously advised you that a nationwide preliminary injunction had been issued prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing Fair Labor Standard Act (“FLSA”) regulations first issued on May 23, 2016. Those regulations have now been invalidated by a federal court judge....
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you that, effective today, employers will have to utilize a newI-9 Form and the Department of Homeland Security will no longer accept older versions of it. Links to the new form in both electronic and paper form, as...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Now that the summer is over and it is time to head back to school, we are taking this opportunity to remind you about the current legal requirements for student immunizations for the 2017-2018 school year, as issued by the New York State...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… If you are, or work for, a public sector employer, you have undoubtedly received numerous e-mails and notices about the new New York Paid Family Leave Law[1] (“NYPFL Law”), which goes into effect on January 1, 2018. You have also likely received notifications...
