Do you know the 2020 New York minimum wage? Employers must be ready before the end of the year to meet the new requirements. The 2020 New York minimum wage rates are shaded in blue in the tables below. Note that the changes take effect on the last day of the year, not January 1st. …
I have been counseling companies on employment matters for approximately 12 years. One thing that I have found to be consistent is that companies avoid engaging employment counsel until they feel it is an absolute necessity. However, in most scenarios, if counsel is engaged when you first learn of the situation, corrective action could be …
All New York employers must provide annual sexual harassment training to all employees in the State. The deadline for the first annual training was October 9, 2019. Just before that date, the NYS Legislature added to the requirements for this training. These include providing each employee with certain documents at each training session. Recently, the …
