New York Blog — Employment Defense
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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 City Incorporates State Labor Law Rules Regarding Prenatal Leave Requirements
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...
At-Will Employment for Employers in New York
Your Rights as an Employer to Discharge Employees Like all but one state (Montana), New York follows the legal principle of “at-will employment.” What does that mean for employers in New York? Are there exceptions to the law? What Is At-Will Employment? When...
Collective Bargaining Rights of NY Farmworkers Uncertain
Courts Considering Rights of Farmworkers to Unionize In New York, as in many states, a significant amount of farm labor is performed by migrant workers, many of whom come to the country annually to work during the planting, growing and harvesting of crops. For...
Employers Must Provide Expectant Mothers with Paid Leave for Prenatal Care
20 Hour Rule Now in Effect in New York On January 1, 2025, New York became the first state in the nation to mandate paid time off for women who are expecting a child. Pregnant women may take up to 20 hours of paid leave for a variety of pregnancy-related reasons,...
The Impact of the New York State Clean Slate Act on Employers
In 2024, the New York state legislature enacted the “Clean Slate Act,” imposing restrictions on employers’ use of criminal background checks in hiring or as a condition of continued employment.