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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 | 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 | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Leslie Eason |Stephen G. Weizenecker |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who had been planning a college tour with her sister. She informed her manager of the trip well in advance and otherwise followed the policies for requesting time off. But when the time came for her to take the trip, her boss acted confused and annoyed that she was actually going through with her plans. At that moment, she found herself caught between two impossible (but familiar) choices: prioritize her family or her job.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Jurate Schwartz |Arielle E. Kobetz
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take noteof a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee maystill be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americanswith Disabilities Act ("ADA") even if they can performthe essential functions of their job without accommodation. In Tudor v. Whitehall Central SchoolDistrict, (2d Cir.
