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December 20 2024
Client Alert: What To Do If ICE Comes to Your Business
If you own or run a business, even if none of your employees are undocumented immigrants, there is a chance that agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may come to your business looking to inspect your Form I-9’s and search for undocumented immigrants. Employment attorney Paul Rooney provides tips on what to do before, during and after a raid.
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December 19 2024
Alexander Soric, a member of the Firm, wrote an article for Total Food Service titled: “New York State Enacts a Worker Safety Act to Address Workplace Violence at Retailers.”
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December 10 2024
Client Alert: California Employment Law Changes in January 2025
With the new year fast approaching, we take this opportunity to advise California employers of upcoming legal changes taking effect January 1, 2025.
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December 09 2024
Labor and Employment Law Seminar: 2024 Recap and Looking Forward to 2025- January 8, 2025
Join the Labor & Employment Lawyers from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP for an in-person complimentary breakfast event to discuss recent developments in labor and employment law. This seminar will be a one-stop-shop to discuss all the changes that occurred in 2024 and what they mean for employers moving forward, including a review of regulatory initiatives, significant case law developments, administrative agency activity, and more.
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December 05 2024
Client Alert: Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Enjoined Nationwide by Federal Court
In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which creates a requirement to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) as part of the U.S. government’s efforts to make it harder for bad actors to operate through shell companies or other opaque ownership structures.
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December 05 2024
Client Alert: New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law Goes into Effect January 1
New York employers are reminded that Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s Paid Prenatal Leave law into effect, providing all New York employees with an entitlement to paid prenatal leave (“PPL”). All New York state private-sector employers, regardless of size, must comply with the new PPL requirements by January 1, 2025.
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December 04 2024
Client Alert: California, Connecticut, Illinois & New Jersey Minimum Wage Increases For 2025
With 2025 upon us, employers with employees working in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey and beyond must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases. Please note the following new minimum wage, tip credit and overtime rates.
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December 03 2024
Client Alert: New York Minimum Wage Increases For 2025
With 2025 upon us, New York employers must prepare for scheduled minimum wage increases, tip credit changes, meal credit changes, and increases to the exempt salary threshold. The changes will go into effect on January 1, 2025.
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