On August 13, 2008, Governor Paterson signed into law a statute that bans mandatory overtime for nurses who work in hospitals and other health care facilities and schools. "Mandatory overtime" includes any hours beyond a nurse's normally scheduled shift, which includes pre-scheduled on-call time and/or...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Recent amendments to New York law that may affect your obligations towards your employees.THIS MEMORANDUM IS MEANT TO ASSIST IN GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT LAW AND MAY CONSTITUTE ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. IT IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS LEGAL ADVICE. THOSE WITH PARTICULAR...
On April 9, 2008, Governor David Paterson signed a bill that included reforms to the Wicks Law, the New York State statute obligating municipalities to comply with various mandates during the construction of public work projects....
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you about recent amendments to New York law, which (1) require a school district or BOCES to terminate a teacher without providing an Education Law Section 3020-a disciplinary hearing and (2) require the Commissioner of Education to automatically...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Effective July 24, 2008, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 increased the federal minimum wage to $6.55 per hour. Employers must post an up-to-date bulletin with the new rate in a conspicuous place so as to permit employees to readily read it.THIS MEMORANDUM IS...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This is a brief synopsis to the November 27, 2007, legal update entitled “New Legislation Regarding Leaves of Absence for Blood Donations and Nursing Mothers” to inform you about a new law which required certain employers to grant three hours of leave in any 12-month period...
With the New Year upon us, it may be 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....
We would like to make you aware that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") has announced that a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form ("Form 1-9") must now be used by employers in the situations described below, for each employee hired after November 6,...
We wish to make you aware of the following recent amendments to New York law that may affect your obligations towards your employees....
On July 17, 2007, Governor Spitzer signed into law a bill amending New York's Taylor Law by making it an improper public employer practice:...
