New York State and New York City continue to expand the reach of laws and regulations governing the employment relationship. Over the past year, the State passed a first-of-its-kind personnel records access law, while the City finalized detailed rules implementing the amended Earned Safe and Sick Time Act and enacted
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California Update: New Employment Laws and Compliance Obligations for 2027
By Carolyn Rashby, Lindsay Burke & Evan Parness on
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New California laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom include restrictions on workplace use of artificial intelligence and surveillance, new anti-hate speech training requirements, expanded bereavement leave, a delay of last year’s “stay-or-pay” law, and more. Here is a rundown on what employers need to know; unless otherwise specified, the new laws take effect on January 1, 2027.
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By Richard C. Shea & S. Michael Chittenden on
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Last night (Wednesday, March 18, 2020) the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act after it passed the Senate in the afternoon by a vote of 90-8. The Act requires all private health plans to cover COVID-19 diagnostic testing—coverage that most insured and large self-insured health plans already are providing. The Act also requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide up to ten weeks of paid FMLA leave and two weeks of paid sick leave to employees affected by COVID-19. For small employers subject to these new leave mandates, the Act provides tax credits to help offset the cost of the mandates. This means that the tax credits are not available to employers with 500 or more employees, even if they provide paid leave equal to or in excess of that required of smaller employers under the Act. It is noteworthy that the Senate voted down amendments that would have expanded the bill’s paid FMLA leave or replaced the bill’s paid leave with state unemployment benefits.
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