by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 27, 2025 | Wage and Hour
Steps You Can Take to Reduce the Likelihood of a Minimum Wage or Overtime Dispute Do you have employees who are receiving minimum wage? Does your business frequently require workers to put in overtime? Do you have both salaried and hourly workers? Do you require...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 20, 2025 | Manual Workers in NY
What Employers Need to Know Do you own a company or run a business with employees who spend more than a quarter of their working hours engaged in physical labor? Those workers will likely be categorized as “manual workers” for purposes of New York labor laws. A recent...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 13, 2025 | NY Independent Contractors
Making the Determination | What’s the Difference? Some workers—musicians, artists, food service industry workers and even construction workers—have embraced what is now called the “gig economy” for decades, working a number of short-term or temporary jobs, rather than...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 6, 2025 | FLSA Updates New York
An Overview of Changes to FLSA that Employers Must Follow The Federal Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit recently issued a ruling affecting the rights of employers in Fair Labor Standards Act collections proceedings. In Harrington v. Cracker Barrel, the Circuit Court...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jul 30, 2025 | Termination of Employees in NY
Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Adopts State Rules Effective July 2, 2025, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to make the state’s paid prenatal leave requirements apply...
