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6 days ago | 
jdsupra.com | Richard Greenberg |Douglas Klein |Sydney Mendelsohn
Takeaway Beginning 04.01.25, delivery platform companies must pay delivery workers in New York City a $21.44 per hour minimum pay-rate.
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1 week ago | 
natlawreview.com | Richard Greenberg
On April 1, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that, effective immediately, delivery platform companies must pay delivery workers a minimum rate of at least $21.44 per hour before tips. New York City first began implementing a minimum pay-rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers in December 2023.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Richard Greenberg |Christopher M. Valentino
(C.C.H.) • By Richard Greenberg and Christopher M. Valentino of Jackson Lewis P.C. • Copyright (c) CCH INCORPORATED, A Wolters Kluwer business. All rights reserved. • Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up • News: Story
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Richard Greenberg |Christopher D. Valentino
Takeaways The amended New York RWSA delays the law’s effective date to 6/2/25. Retail employers with fewer than 50 employees will have to provide workplace violence prevention training every other year, instead of annually, as large retailers will have to do. All retailers must provide training upon hire.
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2 months ago | 
taxitapes.substack.com | Richard Greenberg
In the thick of the COVID crisis, New York City seemed to morph into a dystopian Gotham, stores shuttered, streets barren, subways overrun by mentally ill, homeless passengers. In the moment, it was difficult to imagine we would recover, but we have come a long way in just a few years. Still, to this day, an air of dysfunction has lingered, feeding widespread fear about crime, drugs, and urban decay.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Richard Greenberg
"It's harder and harder to be a day-to-day HRprofessional or managing legal in an organization due to the myriadof differences between state and local laws. That requires ananalysis of whether we want to go to lowest common denominators,which involves consideration of stakeholders and costs, or whetherwe have the ability to operate different policies and systems indifferent states, which then interacts with IT and systems. Itrequires an overall analysis of where the organization wants to be.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Mikaela Shaw Masoudpour |Richard Greenberg |Daniel Jacobs |Jonathan Clark
On November 26, the Mexican House of Representatives passed an amendment proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum amending the Governmental Fees Law which included in the changes, increases to the fees paid by holders of mining concession of the Special Mining Fee and the Extraordinary Mining Fee. The Special Mining Fee is a contribution made by concession holders to the Mexican government of 8.5%, increased from 7.5%, of the profit made from the sale of minerals obtained through extraction.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Richard Greenberg
TakeawaysAs of 1/1/25, all private-sector employers in New York, regardless of their size, must provide eligible employees 20 hours of paid prenatal leave. Paid prenatal leave may be used only by employees directly receiving prenatal healthcare services. New York employers should review and update their policies and practices to comply. Related linkNew York State Paid Prenatal Leave Frequently Asked QuestionsArticleBeginning Jan.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Richard Greenberg |Daniel Jacobs |Henry Shapiro |Christopher M. Valentino
Takeaways
As of 1/1/25, all private-sector employers in New York,
regardless of their size, must provide eligible employees 20 hours
of paid prenatal leave.
Paid prenatal leave may be used only by employees directly
receiving prenatal healthcare services.
New York employers should review and update their policies and
practices to comply.
Related link
New York State Paid Prenatal Leave Frequently Asked Questions
Article
Beginning Jan.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard Greenberg |Daniel Jacobs |Henry Shapiro
Takeaways As of 1/1/25, all private-sector employers in New York, regardless of their size, must provide eligible employees 20 hours of paid prenatal leave. Paid prenatal leave may be used only by employees directly receiving prenatal healthcare services. New York employers should review and update their policies and practices to comply. Related link New York State Paid Prenatal Leave Frequently Asked QuestionsArticleBeginning Jan.
