Executive Order on Gender and How Private Employers Should React
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”. The stated purpose of the Order is to defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and […]
Review of “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order
The new Trump administrative has issued a flurry of executive orders. One recent executive order, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” applies directly to private employers. This order criticizes various public and private sector entities for adopting and using “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ […]
New York City Amends Lactation Accommodation Policy Requirements
New York City has recently amended the law which requires employers to provide lactation accommodations to employees. Under the current law, employers must provide a lactation room where employees can pump/express breast milk, and reasonable time to pump/express breast milk. Employers are also required to have a written lactation policy that meets certain requirements under the law and […]
How Employers Can Prepare for President Trump’s Immigration Reform
As you may be aware, since his inauguration, President Trump has already issued a flurry of executive orders and has rescinded numerous Biden-era orders. One of the main areas of focus during Trump’s campaign was immigration reform and as expected, on January 20th and 21st, 2025, President Trump declared a national emergency and issued several executive […]
New York Workers’ Compensation Law Amended to Allow Any Employee To Apply For Benefits For Extraordinary Work-Related Stress
Effective January 1, 2025, New York employees are permitted to file for workers’ compensation benefits for mental health injuries. Specifically, the New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law has been revised to allow any worker to file for workers’ compensation for specific types of mental injury premised on extraordinary work-related stress and provides that the Workers’ Compensation […]
New York State 2025 Wage and Hour Increases
Minimum Wage Increases In 2023, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation which would increase the minimum wage rates over a three-year period. Effective January 1, 2025, the minimum wage for New York City, Westchester and Long Island will increase to $16.50/hour. In 2026, it will further increase to $17.00/hour. For the rest of […]