On January 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an amendment to State law banning employment discrimination based on gender identity or expression. This action codifies employee protections that were arguably already in place through New York Division of Human Rights regulations. The New York State Assembly had passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act … Read more
New York employers cannot have blanket policies against hiring employees with criminal records. Instead, they must carefully consider several factors before using an applicant’s criminal record to deny employment. (Some cities in New York have passed “ban-the-box laws” that prohibit employers from asking about criminal convictions on job applications. Read more about that topic here.) … Read more