New York employers:
Another federal judge in New York has held that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement is not enforceable as to THE ENTIRE dispute, where even PART of the dispute involves allegations of sexual harassment (which cannot be compelled to arbitration).
As a reminder, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment…
New York City Employers:
Further to our post from yesterday, NYC amended the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA), and the changes become effective on February 22, 2026. The amendment will reduce employer obligations under the City’s Temporary Scheduling Change Act (TSCA).
The TSCA previously required employers to grant employee requests for temporary changes…
NYC employers: Sick leave law obligations have been expanded once again.
Under existing law, New York City employers were already required to provide paid sick leave, specifically 56 hours for employers with 100+ employees and 40 hours for employers with fewer than 100 employees.
Under a recently enacted bill, which takes effect February 22, 2026…
NYC Employers:
NYC may soon require employers to annually report pay and demographic data. This comes on the heels of New York’s requirement that employers disclose salary ranges on job postings, signaling greater attention to salary transparency, equity, and accessibility.
On October 9, 2025, the New York City Council passed a pair of bills which…
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: New York’s Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Now Live
On October 8, 2025, New York State announced that the New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program (Program) is officially underway.
The Program requires covered employers to either offer a retirement plan or join a new state-sponsored retirement savings program.
New York now…
The New York law requiring leave for employees who are subject to a COVID-related quarantine or isolation order expires tomorrow.
The requirement, which had been in effect since March 2020, was expected to be repealed as part of the 2024 budget process, officially ends on July 31, 2025. Employers may want to remove any references…
New York employers:
As part of the 2025-2026 budget, New York has increased the fees to be paid for jury duty service. As a result, under the revised law, employers in New York who employ more than 10 employees must pay the first $72 of their employees’ daily wages during the first three days of…
**Additional Retirement Program Laws to Take Effect in Nevada, Among Other Jurisdictions.**
On Wednesday, the Colorado Department of the Treasury announced that Nevada has joined Colorado, Delaware, Maine, and Vermont in their interstate partnership designed to provide state-facilitated auto-IRA programs for private sector employees who are not eligible for employer-sponsored retirement programs.
The state collaboration…
ICYMI, the NYS Fashion Workers’ Act went into effect yesterday, imposing requirements on model management companies/ groups and their clients to protect fashion workers.
Under the law “model” means an individual who, in the course of such individual’s trade, occupation or profession, performs modeling services, regardless of whether an employee or independent contractor
Obligations For…
New York employers: On June 2, the New York Retail Worker Safety Act’s training and policy requirements went into effect.
The law applies to retail employers with 10 or more retail employees in New York State. Under the law, “retail employees” are those who work at a retail store for the employer. A retail store…
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