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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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Blogs
New York Prohibits “Stay-or-Pay” Agreements in Workplace
Governor Hochul Signs “Trapped at Work Act” Over the past decade, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, employers in New York have increasingly adopted a “stay or pay” approach with new workers, often requiring that they sign an agreement promising to repay...
New York Codifies Disparate Impact as Part of Human Rights Law
State Responds to Federal Government Attempt to Eliminate Disparate Impact in Discrimination Claims In 1971, the United States Supreme Court extended the definition of discrimination to include actions which have a “disparate impact,” as well as those that have a...
Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Workplace Retaliation
New Law Bans Punitive Actions against Workers Who Request Reasonable Accommodations Under federal law, individuals with certain disabilities have the right to request “reasonable accommodations” to allow them to be gainfully employed. Unfortunately, some employers...
NLRB Seeks Ruling that New York State Labor Law Too Broadly Applied
National Labor Relations Board Files Suit to Limit Scope of State Law Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law that seeks to expand the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). The new statute, intended primarily as a stopgap measure, allows the...
New Federal Fiscal Package Affects Tax-Exempt Organizations
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Changes Rules for Tax-Exempt Entities The 2025 federal fiscal bill, which went into effect on July 4, contains significant changes in tax law and policy for tax-exempt organizations. Among the specific provisions contained in the bill are:...