As we previously detailed here, a New Jersey appellate court recently held that parties may contractually agree to shorten the applicable statute of limitations for state law wrongful termination claims.  New York employers, however, need not fret:  an appellate court decision from early 2013 reached the same conclusion.

The New York decision – captioned…

Possibly the last hurdle to effectuating New York City’s long-stalled prevailing wage law has been surmounted.  On August 8, 2014, a New York court effectively dismissed a challenge to the law’s validity – paving the way for its immediate implementation.

By way of background, the NYC Council passed a bill in March 2012 (the Bill)…

At long last, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) – the agency tasked with administering the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) – has issued Final Rules (Rules) addressing ambiguities in ESTA’s statutory text, responding to questions left unanswered by the law itself, and otherwise providing guidance for employers on…

Cindy Schmitt Minniti and Mark S. Goldstein have posted a new article on Forbes.com, detailing a recently-enacted New York State law making it unlawful for employers to discriminate, harass, retaliate, or otherwise engage in unlawful employment practices against unpaid interns and applicants for internships. This makes the State just the fourth jurisdiction – joining Oregon…

As we have previously discussed here and here, the New York City Earned Sick Time Act took effect April 1, 2014, requiring employers with five or more workers to provide paid sick leave to all employees who perform more than 80 hours of work in NYC in a calendar year. Employers with fewer than…

Starting in 2015, New York employers will no longer have to provide annual wage notices to existing employees – assuming Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a bill passed on June 19, 2014 (Bill) by the New York State (NYS) Assembly and Senate, as he is expected to do.  Elimination of the annual wage notice (Wage Notice)…

Many businesses are already familiar with at least some of the employment-related risks associated with implementing and operating unpaid internship programs. As we detailed here, in light of guidance promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor slightly more than four years ago, such programs now implicate and may trigger a host of wage and…

This post was written by Mark S. Goldstein.

Slightly less than four months ago, on January 30, 2014, an amendment to the already-expansive New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) took effect, requiring NYC employers to provide reasonable accommodations due to an employee’s pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition. Such accommodations may include, among other…