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COVID Leave Changes February 2022

CHANGES TO NEW YORK STATE COVID-19 LEAVE   The New York State Department of Labor recently announced changes to New York State’s COVID-19 Paid Sick leave Laws. The guidance limits the number of times an employee is eligible to receive paid leave to quarantine or isolate as a result of COVID-19 infection or exposure to [...]

By |2022-03-01T13:21:17-05:00March 1st, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on COVID Leave Changes February 2022

Potential Changes to Home Care Worker Pay

POTENTIAL CHANGES TO HOME CARE WORKER COMPENSATION   As part of a plan to reduce the shortage of home care workers in New York, the State lawmakers introduced the Fair Pay for Home Care Act (Senate Bill S5374A / Assembly Bill A6329A).  The Act, which is currently in committee in both houses of the legislature, [...]

By |2022-03-01T13:20:15-05:00March 1st, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Potential Changes to Home Care Worker Pay

CHANGES TO NEW YORK STATE COVID-19 LEAVE

The New York State Department of Labor recently announced changes to New York State’s COVID-19 Paid Sick leave Laws. The guidance limits the number of times an employee is eligible to receive paid leave to quarantine or isolate as a result of COVID-19 infection or exposure to three instances of leave. The first instance of [...]

By |2022-02-21T16:30:07-05:00February 21st, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on CHANGES TO NEW YORK STATE COVID-19 LEAVE

CHANGES TO HERO ACT

 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IMPLENENTS NEW RULES REGARDING PAID SICK LEAVE AND PROPOSES CHANGES TO HERO ACT 12.22.2021 Changes to Paid Sick Leave On December 22, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (“DOL”) implemented issued final regulations with clarifications about the New York State Paid Sick Leave Act (“PSLA”). The DOL clarified that [...]

By |2022-01-14T16:44:09-05:00January 14th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on CHANGES TO HERO ACT

Published in National Law Review – What We Learned From COVID-19: Lease Agreements, Contracts, And Business Interruption Claims

To say that most businesses were not prepared for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic would be quite an understatement. Although several Asian countries had lived through and learned from the SARS and swine flu outbreaks, nobody was really prepared for what 2020 had in store. U.S. citizens hadn’t lived through anything remotely similar since the 1918 [...]

By |2021-07-13T14:46:05-04:00July 13th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Published in National Law Review – What We Learned From COVID-19: Lease Agreements, Contracts, And Business Interruption Claims

Personal Liability Protections for Guarantors of Commercial Leases Expired on June 30, 2021

While New York State is in the process of lifting many COVID-19 related restrictions, the commercial eviction moratorium related to COVID-19 hardship is in effect through August 31, 2021 Protections for certain commercial lease guarantors, however, expired on June 30, 2021 These protections were initially put in place by the New York City Council under [...]

By |2021-07-13T14:25:39-04:00July 13th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Personal Liability Protections for Guarantors of Commercial Leases Expired on June 30, 2021

DoL Retraction on Independent Contract Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

United States Department of Labor Retracts Clarification on Independent Contract Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act On January 6, 2021, the United State Department of Labor issued a clarification and “final rule,” which clarifies the difference between an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This rule has taken [...]

By |2021-06-18T13:50:11-04:00June 18th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on DoL Retraction on Independent Contract Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

What We Learned From COVID-19: Lease Agreements, Contracts, And Business Interruption Claims

To say that most businesses were not prepared for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic would be quite an understatement. Although several Asian countries had lived through and learned from the SARS and swine flu outbreaks, nobody was really prepared for what 2020 had in store. U.S. citizens hadn’t lived through anything remotely similar since the 1918 [...]

By |2021-05-06T10:05:40-04:00May 6th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What We Learned From COVID-19: Lease Agreements, Contracts, And Business Interruption Claims

What We Learned From COVID-19: Preparing Your Business for Disasters

The global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is going into its second year now, and millions of small and large businesses are feeling the squeeze. Some had no choice but to furlough or lay off millions of employees or shut down operations indefinitely. In fact, 9 million U.S. small businesses may shut down this year if stimulus [...]

By |2021-05-04T14:51:51-04:00May 4th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What We Learned From COVID-19: Preparing Your Business for Disasters

New York Employer Update: FFRCA Expiration and Employee Sick Leave Benefits

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, partially expired as of December 31, 2020. The Act required employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons directly related to COVID-19. As of [...]

By |2021-02-08T12:31:06-05:00January 7th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New York Employer Update: FFRCA Expiration and Employee Sick Leave Benefits