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November 13 2025
Client Alert: IRS Announces Penalty Relief for 2025 Reporting of Tips and Overtime
The IRS and Department of Treasury announced relief for employers in connection with the new reporting requirements established by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”) relating to “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime”.
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November 12 2025
Client Alert: New Jersey Issues Proposed Regulations Under the Pay and Benefit Transparency Act
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) issued proposed regulations interpreting the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act (“PTA”). The PTA requires employers to disclose salary ranges and benefits in job postings and to notify employees of promotional opportunities. The proposed rules, which remain open for public comment at this time, clarify certain aspects of the law, including which employers are covered, what information must be included in postings, and how notice and enforcement procedures will operate.
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November 11 2025
WISeSat.Space Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WISeKey International Holdings AG, announced the signing of its business combination agreement with Columbus Acquisition Corp. with a pre-money transaction value of $250,000,000. EGS acted as counsel to WISeSat.Space Corp.
November 10 2025
David R. Rothfeld who leads the Firm’s Traditional Labor Law Practice and is Co-chair of the Firm’s Hospitality Practice Group participated on a panel discussion concerning the 2026 NYC hotel industry negotiations. The discussion was hosted by the Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations in New York City on November 7, 2025.
November 06 2025
Client Alert – UPDATE: Expanded Sick Leave Obligations for New York City Employers
The amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) discussed in our prior alert have been automatically enacted due to the Mayor’s failure to either sign or veto the bill passed by the City Counsel. Based upon the October 25, 2025 enactment, the ESSTA amendments, discussed further in our client alert below, go into effect on February 22, 2026.
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November 05 2025
Client Alert: New York Launches the Secure Choice Savings Program
The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (the “Program”), which we discussed in our previous client alert, has been officially launched. The Program requires covered private-sector employers to participate in an automatic-enrollment Roth IRA program.
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November 05 2025
Paul Rooney, a member of the Firm, wrote an article for Total Food Service titled: “Where Do The Children Go? To Work – In Your Restaurant.” In the article, Paul discusses the severe labor-shortage problem facing the hospitality industry in the wake of declining immigrant/undocumented worker availability. Adult-workers willing and able to fill roles in hospitality are scarce, as a result, employers may increasingly consider hiring younger workers — including teenagers as young as 14 — which was once uncommon in the sector.
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November 03 2025
Client Alert: The Department of Homeland Security Ends Automatic Extensions of EADs
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most noncitizens who submit timely renewal applications. This represents a substantial change to longstanding USCIS policy and could create employment authorization lapses, introducing additional compliance and administrative burdens for employers.
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