Beginning on July 1, 2024, New York City employers will be required under a newly enacted city law to distribute and post a city-created “Workers’ Bill of Rights” notice informing employees of... Read more »
A November report from the New York State Inspector General found that defects in both the manufacturing and administration of drug tests used by the New York State Department of Corrections and... Read more »
New York City’s legislation amending the New York City Human Rights Law, Local Law 61 of 2023, prohibits discrimination based on a person’s height or weight in employment, housing, and public accommodations.... Read more »
Quick Hits S4516 prohibits liquidated damages clauses and forfeiture of consideration for breach of a nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause in nondisclosure agreements in connection with the settlement of certain discrimination, harassment, and... Read more »
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed bills enacting the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, extending the statute of limitations to file a lawsuit alleging unlawful discriminatory practices, and barring the inclusion of... Read more »
An Overview of Recent Decisions Demonstrating the Board’s Continuing Attitude Toward 114-a (Editor’s Note – As a part of our Quarterly Practice Group Update, we are pleased to produce our next installment... Read more »
Todd Girshon discusses the implications of New York City enacting legislation banning employment discrimination based on weight or height, and the requirement to protect workers from workplace harassment based on those qualities... Read more »
More than 3,000 civil sex-abuse lawsuits have been filed since a one-time window opened in New York State, with a final wave of suits being filed against politicians, celebrities and institutions before... Read more »
On November 17, 2023, the New York governor signed into law S4516, which amends Section 5-336 of the New York General Obligations Law to restrict certain terms from being included in release... Read more »
The New York City ordinance banning discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual’s height and weight is set to go into effect on November 22, 2023.... Read more »