2022 is proving to be an eventful year for the home care industry in New York State, with many changes to Medicaid-funded home care taking place effect in October and beyond.  Below is a brief summary of the changes to the Medicaid Program that will be taking effect over the coming months. - Minimum Wage.  The [...]

DOH Lifted the Moratorium on LHCSAs On or about August 17, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) lifted its moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to operate as Licensed Home Care Services Agencies and implemented new requirements regarding the issuance of same.  These requirements take effect retroactively, and as such, as of [...]

In recent days and weeks, the united States Government announced that Ukrainians living in the United States that do not have proper legal documentation to reside within the United States that arrived in the United States on or before March 1, 2022 are eligible to apply for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) and that Ukrainians that [...]

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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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]