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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...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently released a revised Form I-9, which employers must begin using by September 18, 2017. This form is available on USCIS’s website,...

UPDATE:  On July 19, 2017, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board issued final PFL regulations.  A key change in these regulations is the requirement that employees hired for a short period of time, who do not expect to...

On May 4, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill prohibiting New York City employers from inquiring about an applicant’s prior salary history. (See Intro No. 1253-A.) This new law will take effect on October 31,...

The “Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box)” Ordinance, which went into effect on January 22, 2017, bars private employers in the City of Los Angeles who have at least 10 employees from inquiring into...

On November 16, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the New York City “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” (the “Freelancer’s Act”) which will apply to contracts with freelancers entered into on or after May 15, 2017. The...