On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the “Act”), which limits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements and class action [...]
New York City Mayor Adams recently announced that effective March 7, 2022, a number of COVID-related restrictions in NYC will be lifted. Indoor venues, including restaurants, will no longer be required to check for [...]
Congress yesterday passed a bill that would make pre-dispute arbitration agreements and class action waivers covering sexual assault and sexual harassment claims invalid and unenforceable. The bill is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk, [...]
The State Department of Health (DOH) has published on its website self- attesting quarantine and isolation forms that employees may use to demonstrate eligibility for the State’s COVID-19 COVID sick leave pay. As we [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that OSHA’s ETS regulation, which would have required companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate or test their employees weekly, is stayed from enforcement (see the [...]
The highest court in the nation is scheduled to hear oral arguments today at 10 am as to whether the OSHA and CMS regulations are lawful. The oral arguments can be heard live at [...]
Our office has learned of several instances where providers were erroneously told that the New York State COVID-19 paid leave has expired and, as a consequence, their employees have not been paid the unique [...]
The New York City Council passed a bill amending its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to require all private-sector employers to provide employees with 4 hours of paid COVID-19 child vaccination leave for each [...]
The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a proposed regulation regarding the NYS HERO Act and the provisions surrounding workplace safety committees. As we had previously reported, the HERO Act requires [...]
New NYC Mayor Eric Adams has announced that he plans to keep New York City’s vaccine mandate in place. Adams explained that his Winter 2022 COVID Plan will revolve around six “pillars,” including that the [...]