by Lyn Blair | May 28, 2025 | Author: Peter A. Romero
Approved New York State Budget Limits Damages for Late Payment of Earnings As a part of the bill approving the 2025-2026 New York state budget, legislators have amended the state’s labor law to limit the amount of damages a worker may be entitled to if not paid in a...
by author | Apr 28, 2025 | Author: Peter A. Romero
New Law Narrows Scope of Prior Efforts Earlier this year, the New York legislature once again took up consideration of a statewide law governing noncompete agreements. The State Senate and Assembly both approved a bill in 2023 that would outlaw virtually all...
by Lyn Blair | Jan 10, 2025 | Author: Peter A. Romero, Workers in New York Now Protected by Clean Slate Act
New Statute Limits Employers Use of Criminal Background Checks | Requires Notification Employers in New York have long used criminal background checks when evaluating job applicants and even as a condition of continued employment for current workers. In November,...
by Lyn Blair | Apr 30, 2024 | Author: Peter A. Romero
New York Enacts Law Prohibiting Employers from Wrongful Access Recognizing that employers may wrongfully use an applicant or employee’s personal social media activity against a worker, New York has joined a number of other states across the country by enacting...
by Cindy Silver | Dec 13, 2023 | Author: Peter A. Romero
Claim Alleges Wrongful Discharge and Retaliation X, the company formerly known as Twitter, continues to face legal challenges from former employees. Alan Rosa, who served at global security chief for the social media behemoth, has filed legal action in federal court,...
by Cindy Silver | Feb 28, 2023 | Author: Peter A. Romero
EMPLOYEES’ RIGHT TO WEEKLY PAYMENT A NY law requiring weekly pay for manual workers might apply to you. The law we are referring to is Labor Law Section 190(4) and 191. If you did not receive pay weekly and were a manual worker, your employer may owe you a significant...
