KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This memorandum discusses the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act, legislation amending the New York Labor Law that became effective on April 9, 2011, and the guidance recently published by the Department of Labor regarding compliance with the Act.THIS MEMORANDUM IS MEANT TO...
We are writing to inform you about a recent New York Court of Appeals decision which has important implications for public employers whose union contracts contain a no layoff provision or who are considering whether to agree to one....
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… As a general rule, New York’s Open Meetings Law (“OML”) requires that all meetings and/or sessions of a public body remain open to the public. Given the ever increasing demands for transparency of public entities, this memorandum reviews procedures for public bodies to...
Pursuant to a rule adopted by the National Labor Relations Board ("the NLRB"), all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act ("the NLRA") must, starting on January 31, 2012, post a notice informing employees of their NlRA-related rights. ...
We would like to share with you some developments in the case law regarding the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA). Pursuant to the IDEA, schools must provide students with disabilities with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). As seen by a...
A State Supreme Court Justice recently issued a decision invalidating some of the regulatory provisions adopted by the Board of Regents implementing the new annual professional performance review ("APPR") legislation. ...
We are writing to advise you that General Municipal Law Section 207-m has been repealed by the Legislature. That law required that the salary of the head of a police department who was not in a bargaining unit, and who oversaw a department of fewer...
With the New Year upon us, it is a good time to review the composition of your bargaining units to ascertain whether there are any employees who should not be in a union due to their "managerial" and/or "confidential" status....
On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”). In addition to extending various income tax provisions, the Act makes important changes to federal estate, generation-skipping transfer and gift taxes. ...
The Board of Regents has amended several Commissioner of Education Regulations relating to the provision of special education services. The amendments, which take effect on December 8, 2010, are aimed at providing mandate relief and more flexibility for Committees on Special Education (CSE) and Committees...
