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On May 2, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act. Beginning on October 29, 2018, employees throughout New Jersey will accrue up to 40 hours of paid sick leave each year to...
Apr 30, 2018
Damages
Settlement Payments Resolving Sexual Harassment Claims Are No Longer Tax-Deductible if Such Settlements Are Subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017, contains a little discussed section that eliminates the deductibility of settlement payments and related attorney’s fees in sexual harassment...
Apr 23, 2018
Employment Discrimination
New York State and New York City Both Expand Laws Prohibiting Workplace Sexual Harassment
UPDATE: The New York City Council’s package of legislation referred to as the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” was signed into law by Mayor de Blasio on May 9, 2018. The NYC law’s requirement that employers post...
Effective July 18, 2018, a new law the New York City Council recently passed Int. 1399-A will require that employers grant employees two temporary schedule changes per year for certain medical and family care purposes.[1]...
Jan 31, 2018
General Employment Issues
New York City Office of Labor Policy and Standards Issues Notice of Rights and Frequently Asked Questions Regarding New Temporary Schedule Change Law
As previously reported here, New York City’s Temporary Schedule Change Law requires New York City employers to grant employees two temporary schedule changes per year for certain medical and family care purposes,...
Dec 26, 2017
General Employment Issues
New York Workers’ Compensation Board Releases Model Policy Language and Statement of Rights Regarding the New York Paid Family Leave Law
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board (“WCB”) recently released model policy language and a Statement of Rights regarding the New York Paid Family Leave Law (“PFL”), which takes effect on January 1, 2018....
Related article: New NLRB General Counsel’s Revolutionary Reversal of Direction On December 14, 2017, in a 3-2 decision in Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled its decision...
The newly-appointed General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Peter B. Robb, issued his first GC Memorandum (GC 18-02) on December 1, 2017, which provides guidance on the priorities of the Trump-era...
The National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “Board”) is a federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”). The Board functions...
We are pleased to announce that, effective November 1, 2017, an Immigration Practice Group headed by Donald Wolfson, formerly with Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP, will be joining our firm. We have worked closely with...