by Ralph Somma | Jun 10, 2024 | Workplace Alert
New York’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act (FIFA), effective August 28, 2024, imposes new legal obligations upon companies that hire an independent contractor to perform services valued at $800 or more. The $800 threshold applies to single contracts or those, which, in the...
by Ralph Somma | Jun 10, 2024 | Workplace Alert
On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor issued a final rule increasing the salary thresholds used to determine whether executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees must be paid overtime under the federal Fair Labor...
by Ralph Somma | Jun 10, 2024 | Workplace Alert
In December of 2023, New York City enacted a new “Workers’ Bill of Rights” law. In accordance with that law, on May 1, 2024, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection released a multilingual poster that all employers in New York City must distribute to all...
by Ralph Somma | Mar 13, 2024 | Workplace Alert
A new law recently went into effect in New York restricting employers from requesting or accessing employees’ and applicants’ personal social media accounts. Effective March 12, 2024, New York employers may not require, request or coerce an employee or applicant to...
by Ralph Somma | Jan 30, 2024 | Workplace Alert
New York State Labor regulations have long required employers to provide workers with notice of their right to file for Unemployment Insurance when separated from employment. The law was recently expanded to require notice when there is “an interruption of continued...
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