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2 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Laura Fant |Evandro C Gigante |Arielle E. Kobetz
To align with the new statewide paid prenatal leave law, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended its rules related to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to address the paid prenatal leave requirement. The amended rules take effect on July 2, 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Jurate Schwartz |Arielle E. Kobetz
To align with the new statewide paid prenatal leave law, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended its rules related to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to address the paid prenatal leave requirement. The amended rules take effect on July 2, 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Shawn O'Brien |Samuel F. Hamer |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Taxpayers who made payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that included underpayment interest and/or failure-to-file/pay penalties that accrued during all or part of the period between January 20, 2020, through July 10, 2023, should consider filing a refund claim with the IRS to potentially recover accrued interest and penalty amounts.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Margo Richard
On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota's city council passedseveral amendments to its civil rightsordinance (the "Ordinance"), which prohibitsdiscriminatory practices in employment, among other areas. Withregard to employment, the amendments add new protected classes,expand the definition of race, familial status, and disability, andincrease protections for pregnant workers and religiousobservance.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Allan Bloom |Guy Brenner |Evandro C Gigante
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued amemorandum (the "Memorandum")establishing the Department of Justice's "Civil RightsFraud Initiative" (the "Initiative").
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Allan Bloom |Guy Brenner |Evandro C Gigante
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”) establishing the Department of Justice’s “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” (the “Initiative”).
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Evandro C Gigante
On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s city council passed several amendments to its civil rights ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which prohibits discriminatory practices in employment, among other areas. With regard to employment, the amendments add new protected classes, expand the definition of race, familial status, and disability, and increase protections for pregnant workers and religious observance.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Arielle E. Kobetz
New York City employers are reminded that they are now requiredto physically and electronically post a copy of their writtenlactation accommodation policy. As we previously reported, Local Law109– which became effective on May 8, 2025 – amends theNew York City Human Rights Law's existing obligations onemployers to implement and distribute a written lactationaccommodation policy.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Laura Fant |Evandro C Gigante |Arielle E. Kobetz
New York City employers are reminded that they are now required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation accommodation policy. As we previously reported, Local Law 109 – which became effective on May 8, 2025 – amends the New York City Human Rights Law’s existing obligations on employers to implement and distribute a written lactation accommodation policy.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | James Plunkett |Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante
The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. DOL to Rescind 2024 Independent Contractor Regulation? The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is backing away from the Biden-era independent contractor regulation finalized in January 2024.
