Tag Archives: New York City

New York City Extends NYCHRL Employment Protections to Freelancers and Independent Contractors

By Amy J. Traub and Marc-Joseph Gansah on November 18, 2019 Posted in Independent Contractor, New York

On Oct. 13, 2019, New York City enacted Int. 136-A (the Law), expanding the employment protections of the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to freelancers and independent contractors. The Law will take effect on Jan. 11, 2020. The NYCHRL applies to employers with four or more employees. The Law changes the counting rule … Continue Reading

NYC Releases Anti-Harassment Training Video

By Amanda Van Hoose Garofalo and Amy J. Traub on April 16, 2019 Posted in Harassment, New York

As discussed in our New York Quarterly Newsletters, employers in New York City who have 15 or more employees (inclusive of independent contractors) are required to provide anti-sexual harassment training on or before December 31, 2019 to all employees who work in New York City (this includes employees who only work part time in New … Continue Reading

New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Imposes Requirements That Must Be Implemented by June 4

By Saima Sheikh on May 24, 2018 Posted in Leave of Absence, New York

As we previously discussed in our earlier blog post, an amendment to the New York City Earned Sick Time Act went into effect on May 5. That amended act, renamed the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, implements two major changes. First, the act expands the types of circumstances for which employers … Continue Reading

New York City Expands Paid Sick Leave Law With Creation Of ‘Safe Time’

By Shawn Butte on November 13, 2017 Posted in Leave of Absence, New York

On Monday, Nov. 6, newly re-elected Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law “Intro. 1313-A,” a bill that amends and expands the coverage of New York City’s paid sick leave law. The bill renames the sick leave law as the “Earned Safe and Sick Time Act” (ESTA) and increases the reasons for which an employee … Continue Reading

Predictable Schedules – A Right, Not a Privilege, in NYC Fast Food and Retail Industries

By Fanny Ferdman on October 16, 2017 Posted in New York, Restaurants, Retail

Earlier this year, New York City signed into law the “Fair Work Week” legislative package, which aspires to ensure more predictable schedules and paychecks for fast food and retail workers by setting restrictions on how and when their employers can schedule them for work. Those restrictions take effect on November 26th, which will be here … Continue Reading

Pregnancy Protections Under NYC Law – Not Limited to Just “Pregnancy”

By Fanny Ferdman on July 28, 2016 Posted in New York

As most NYC employers have probably heard by now, in May of this year, New York City released guidance that defines violations of pregnancy protections under the NYC Human Rights Law, and provides clear(er) examples of when and how employers should make accommodations for employees based on pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. The … Continue Reading

New York City Council Enacts and Passes Earned Sick Time Act

By Amy J. Traub on July 1, 2013 Posted in ESTA

Co-authored by Kaitlyn Ferguson On May 8, 2013, the New York City Council, with a margin of 45 to 3, passed the Earned Sick Time Act (the “ESTA”), which obligates most private employers in the City to provide paid sick time to their employees. [1] In passing the legislation, the Council justified the Act by citing … Continue Reading