New York Blog — Employment Defense
Labor and Employment Defense
Welcome to the NYC Employment Law Blog! This blog is an online publication of Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C., a New York City law firm that has been representing small and mid-sized businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area in all types of employment and labor law matters for over thirty years. We hope this blog will be an interesting and informative resource for our readers, whether they are current or past clients, or simply compliance-minded business owners looking for ways to stay up-to-date with the ever-changing employment law landscape. To that end, we will endeavor to offer regular blog posts highlighting legislative developments, significant court and agency decisions and noteworthy news stories from the employment and labor law realm. We hope that as a reader you will find ours blog enlightening, useful and above all, interesting.
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Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
Why Should Employers Have an Employee Handbook?
Protecting your business interests by using employee handbooks
An employee handbook can benefit the employer as well as the employee.
City’s Protected Time Off Rules Go into Effect
New York City Implements Amendments to Earned Sick and Safe Time Act The state of New York has a long history of protecting employee rights, including the rights of workers to report illegal or unethical activity by employers, or to engage in governmental...
Bill Introduced to Expand Protections for Women
Proposed Federal Law Enhances Safeguards for Women Experiencing Menopause U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced a proposed law in July that would potentially increase workplace protections for women facing menopause. Clarke and...
Employment Laws Await Governor’s Signature
Legislature Approves Two Bills Governing Employment Recruiting and Separation The New York Legislature has ratified two employment law measures, one regarding a worker’s right to severance and the other addressing so-called “ghost job” postings. Both bill await...
City Seeks to Shut Down Food Delivery App
NYC Alleges Serious Wage and Hour Violations by Motoclick The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has filed a request in federal court to ban a food delivery app from conducting business within the city, citing extensive violations of state and...