by Peter A. Romero | Jun 2, 2024 | Covid 19
New York Workers Still Have Right to COVID-Related Paid Leave Emergency Paid Leave Still Mandatory More than four years ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation and the world, New York legislators responding by passing the Paid Emergency Leave Act, which granted...
by Peter A. Romero | May 21, 2024 | EEOC
New Law to Go Into Effect on June 18, 2024 Nearly two years ago, the U.S. Congress approved, and President Biden signed, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal statute that ensures that workers have adequate protections when pregnant, facing childbirth or...
by Peter A. Romero | Apr 16, 2024 | Social Media Privacy in the Workplace
New York Enacts Law Prohibiting Employers from Wrongful Access Recognizing that employers may wrongfully use an applicant or employee’s personal social media activity against a worker, New York has joined a number of other states across the country by enacting...
by Peter A. Romero | Mar 16, 2024 | Online Job Search Websites
NY Commission on Human Rights Says Many Are in Violation When you’re looking for a job, one of the first things you want to know is what you can expect to be paid. Now, in many states, you have that right. Over the past decade, a number of states, including New York,...
by Peter A. Romero | Feb 18, 2024 | NLRB
National Labor Relations Board Says Worker May Protest Discrimination in the Workplace You’ve been exposed to or seen examples of racial discrimination in your place of employment. You believe that it’s in the best interests of your fellow employees to call attention...
