by Peter A. Romero | Nov 25, 2025 | Mayor-Elect Proposes Increase in Minimum Wage in NYC
Mamdani Plan Calls for “$30 by 2030” Phased in Over Five Years Under current law, the minimum wage for workers in New York City is $16.50 per hour, more than twice the federal $7.25 per hour. If mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is able to successfully implement his agenda,...
by Peter A. Romero | Sep 24, 2025 | Non Compete Agreements
State and Federal Efforts to Ban Have Not Been Successful Over the past few years, there has been increased interest nationwide in limiting or banning most noncompete agreements. Four states have outlawed them—Minnesota, California, North Dakota and Oklahoma—and...
by Peter A. Romero | Aug 19, 2025 | Sexual Harassment
Actions that You Might Not Realize Qualify as Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment in the workplace remains a serious problem in New York and across the United States, even in the wake of story after story about inappropriate behavior on the job. There’s a common...
by Peter A. Romero | Jul 28, 2025 | Sexual Harassment
Steps You Need to Take to Protect Yourself Though there has been much attention paid to sexual harassment over the past decade, the general consensus is that it’s still a significant problem. In fact, a 2018 report found that four of every five women (81%) and nearly...
by Peter A. Romero | Jun 22, 2025 | New York Trapped at Work Bill
Proposed Legislation Would Ban Certain Types of Promissory Notes from Workers The New York legislature has passed a new law, referred to as the “Trapped at Work Act,” which targets a practice that some New York employers have historically used to try to hold workers...
