KEEPING YOU INFORMED… This week, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.111 discontinuing capacity limits for most indoor gatherings and announced the end of mandatory COVID-19 restrictions for many industries.Executive Order 202.111[1] discontinued capacity limits for residential indoor gatherings (previously, 50 people) and indoor social gatherings at...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… On June 11, 2021, we sent a memorandum regarding the amendments to the Education Law concerning annual professional performance reviews (“APPR”), probation and tenure. We are now writing to inform you of another law signed by the Governor that further amends the Education...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to inform you of a recent law signed by the Governor earlier this week that: (1) suspends the requirement for school districts and BOCES to conduct Annual Professional Performance Reviews (“APPR”); (2) changes the length of certain teachers’ probationary periods;...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to remind you that the long-awaited changes to the State’s Power of Attorney (POA) law will take effect on June 13, 2021. The new law is intended to make the POA easier to use, provide a framework for acceptance or...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced that paid sick leave is available for individuals recovering from COVID-19 vaccine side-effects and that the New York State Department of Labor would publish additional guidance with respect to this leave time. The guidance, which was published earlier today...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to provide you with an update to this morning’s memorandum regarding New York State’s adoption of the CDC guidance pertaining to mask use and social distancing for fully-vaccinated individuals.This afternoon, the State published a new guidance document regarding implementing the...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to provide you with information related to New York State’s adoption of the CDC’s recently-released guidance[1] pertaining to mask use and social distancing for fully-vaccinated individuals. Consistent with the CDC’s guidance, these new rules apply to most businesses and public...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We previously advised in client memoranda that the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) had issued a rule on determining independent contractor status and that prior to the original effective date of March 8, 2021,[1] the Biden Administration decided to freeze the rule and...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that the NYS Department of Labor (“DOL”) has published guidance about the COVID-19 vaccination paid leave law in the form of “Frequently Asked Questions.”[1]As explained in our March 16, 2021 memorandum, NYS recently passed laws requiring public...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… We are writing to advise you that, consistent with a recent communication from the NYS Department of Education, all public libraries (including free association libraries) must resume “in-person services” by June 1, 2021, for a certain minimum number of “open hours” per week,...
