by Stephen D. Hans | Oct 1, 2025 | Disability Discrimination
Rule Would Have Ended Exemption for Workers with Disabilities In an effort to provide more employment opportunities for workers with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Labor has long had a rule in place, called the “Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 12, 2025 | Managing Employee Performance
Best Practices When Managing an Employee Who Has Requested Leave, Sought Workplace Accommodations or Filed Any Type of Complaint As an employer, it’s imperative that you take timely action when employees are not meeting expectations. However, when you have an...
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...
