Vacation pay is a typical employee benefit throughout the United States. In New York, however, like most states, employers do not have to give their employees paid vacation. Consequently, New York employers have discretion in how they structure their vacation benefits. But once they establish a vacation plan, employers must follow it. Click here for some … Read more
Are departing employees eligible for unemployment? As usual, it depends. To claim unemployment insurance benefits in New York, employees usually must be totally unemployed, yet available for and seeking work. After that, the most important factors are whether the employee has worked long enough to qualify and the reason for separation from employment. Here, we’ll … Read more
State and federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Acts require companies to provide notice before taking certain actions to reduce the size of their workforce. For employers conducting reductions in force in New York, the state law will almost always be more restrictive. Thus, complying with New York’s WARN Act will usually also satisfy the federal … Read more