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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Eaton |Fanny Ferdman |Justin Guilfoyle
Key Takeaways: As 2024 comes to a close, wage and hour issues abound. From year-end bonuses to new salary thresholds, employers who do not stop to consider the legal landscape could expose themselves to liability. Here, we cover some of the hottest year-end wage and hour topics that employers should review before the new year.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Delores Chichi |Fanny Ferdman |Justin Guilfoyle
President Joe Biden has signed off on the most recent government funding bill, which allocates $13.4 billion to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), including $260 million earmarked for the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that while there is a divided Congress, we can still expect a continued increase in the DOL’s already robust Wage and Hour Division’s investigatory team.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Fanny Ferdman |Justin Guilfoyle |Delores Chichi
President Joe Biden has signed off on the most recent government funding bill, which allocates $13.4 billion to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), including $260 million earmarked for the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that while there is a divided Congress, we can still expect a continued increase in the DOL’s already robust Wage and Hour Division’s investigatory team.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Justin Guilfoyle |Daryl Leon |John Siegal
Members of the New York City Council are looking to accomplish what the New York State Legislature could not – proposing various bans on the use of non-competes in New York City. On February 28, 2024, members of the New York City Council introduced three bills that are aimed, to varying degrees, at reducing or eliminating the use of non-competes.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Justin Guilfoyle
2024 has gotten off to a hot start for New York employers. We have already seen significant developments regarding the New York Labor Law’s (NYLL) pay frequency requirements.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Fanny Ferdman |Justin Guilfoyle |Matthew R. Morris
Key Takeaways Wage and hour claims in 2023 have continued to be one of the most expensive employment law risks. Next year will likely be no different, as increased interagency cooperation between the Department of Labor and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will only increase the number of compliance actions for wage and hour claims.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Justin Guilfoyle
Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation amending the New York Penal Law in order to allow prosecutors to seek stronger criminal penalties against employers who steal wages from workers. Specifically, employers who are found to have engaged in wage theft are now subject to criminal prosecution for committing the criminal offense of larceny. This follows Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Justin Guilfoyle
Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation amending the New York Penal Law in order to allow prosecutors to seek stronger criminal penalties against employers who steal wages from workers. Specifically, employers who are found to have engaged in wage theft are now subject to criminal prosecution for committing the criminal offense of larceny. This follows Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L.
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Aug 14, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Delores Chichi |Justin Guilfoyle |Todd H. Lebowitz
New Jersey companies utilizing the services of temporary workers contracted through a staffing agency or temporary help service firm should be aware that additional state-mandated protections covering certain temporary workers took effect on Saturday, August 5, 2023.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Delores Chichi |Justin Guilfoyle |Amy Traub
Key Takeaways The PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for a known limitation in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or "related medical conditions." “Related medical conditions” include past pregnancy, potential or intended pregnancy, infertility treatment, use of contraception, lactation, breastfeeding, and the decision to have or not to have an abortion, among other conditions.
