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July 22 2025
Client Alert: NY COVID Sick Leave Ends July 31
As of July 31, 2025, New York employers will no longer be required to provide COVID-specific sick leave to employees. Since March 2020, this separate leave entitlement has applied to employees subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19.
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July 15 2025
Client Alert: New York City Adopts Rules Implementing Paid Prenatal Leave Requirements
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) recently adopted final rules implementing amendments to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) that incorporate and expand upon New York State’s paid prenatal leave law. These new rules apply to all private-sector NYC employers, regardless of size, and impose new obligations relating to policies, documentation, notices, recordkeeping, and payroll as of July 16, 2025.
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June 23 2025
Client Alert: New York Increases Compensation for Employees on Jury Duty
The 2025 New York State budget amended the Judiciary Law to increase the daily compensation rate for jury duty from $40 to $72 per day. Accordingly, as of June 8, employers with 11 or more employees must pay employees who are called to jury duty $72 per day for the first three days of jury service.
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June 09 2025
Client Alert: July 2025 Minimum Wage Increases Updated
Beginning on July 1, 2025, employers in many states and localities, including California, Illinois, and Washington D.C. must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases. Please note the following new minimum wage, tip credit and overtime rates.
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June 02 2025
Client Alert: New Jersey’s New Pay Transparency Laws Are Here
New Jersey has joined a growing number of states enacting pay transparency laws. The New Jersey Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (the “NJPBTA”) is now in effect. The NJPBTA applies to both private and public employers with 10 or more employees over 20 or more calendar weeks that do business, employ persons, or take applications for employment within New Jersey.
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May 28 2025
Client Alert: 2024 EEO-1 Reporting Portal Now Open & Deadline Approaching
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has officially opened the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 reporting portal. Employers subject to EEO-1 reporting obligations must submit the required employee demographic data by June 24, 2025, at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.
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May 27 2025
Client Alert: July 2025 Minimum Wage Increases
Beginning on July 1, 2025, employers in many states and localities, including California, Illinois, and Washington D.C. must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases. Read our client alert and note the new minimum wage, tip credit and overtime rates.
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May 13 2025
Client Alert: 2025 Budget Leads to Major Changes in Frequency of Pay Damages
In recent years, New York employers have faced significant lawsuits brought under the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”) by “manual workers” seeking large sums in damages if they were not paid on a weekly basis, even if the worker had been paid their wages in full. The 2025 New York State Budget amends the NYLL, providing employers with long-awaited relief from these claims. The amendment to the NYLL, which was signed into law by Governor Hochul, modifies the damages provisions for frequency of pay violations.
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