On January 25, 2018, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Fiscal Year 2017 Enforcement and Litigation Data. The agency reports that it resolved 99,109 EEOC discrimination charges in the year ending September 30, 2017. The EEOC had a remaining charge workload of 61,621, the lowest year-end level in 10 years. Among other raw … Read more
On January 2, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his plan to “Combat Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”. Cuomo’s agenda includes a multi-faceted approach that would affect both governmental and private employers. It includes at least five measures to address workplace sexual harassment in New York. Introducing these initiatives, Governor Cuomo stated: “2017 brought … Read more
As the year comes to a close, I thought I would review the New York Management Law Blog’s top posts of 2017. These posts reflect some topics that most interested New York employers in 2017. Do they also suggest what will be top of mind in 2018? New York Minimum Wage Increases on 12/31/17 This … Read more