Kerri Beatty 
As a reminder, the New York State COVID-19 paid sick leave law, also known as COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave, is set to expire on July 31, 2025. Beginning July 31, 2025, New York employers will no longer be required to provide separate leave for COVID-19 quarantines and isolations. After this date, employees may still use regular … Read more
On June 3, 2025, New York City enacted the amended Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) Rules that incorporate New York State’s paid prenatal leave requirements. The amendments will become effective on July 2, 2025. With the new amendments in place, the ESSTA will more closely align with the New York State Paid Prenatal … Read more
As we previously reported, the New York Retail Worker Safety Act, which will impose significant workplace violence prevention requirements on retail employers took effect on June 2, 2025. Under the new law, covered employers are required to (1) implement a written retail workplace violence prevention policy, (2) conduct workplace violence prevention training, and (3) provide … Read more
As you may be aware, private employers with at least 100 employees must complete and file an EEO-1 Report that organizes employee demographic data by employee job category, as well as gender and race/ethnicity, and submit that data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Labor on an annual basis. … Read more
As a reminder, the New York Retail Worker Safety Act, which will impose significant workplace violence prevention requirements on retail employers will take effect on June 2, 2025. Under the new law, covered employers will be required to (1) implement a written retail workplace violence prevention policy, (2) conduct workplace violence prevention training, and (3) … Read more
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a Field Assistance Bulletin that provides guidance regarding the analysis to apply when determining employee or independent contractor status for purposes of enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The DOL announced that it will no longer apply the 2024 independent contractor rule and … Read more