News & Analysis

On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits pre-employment drug testing for the presence of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols.

New York’s vast home care industry and those who rely on their services breathed a sigh of relief on March 26, 2019, when the New York Court of Appeals gave providers the green light to continue to pay home care aides for 13 hours of a 24-hour shift.

The day most anxiously anticipated (or dreaded) by the vast home care industry in New York has arrived, and a huge sigh of relief from home care agencies and New Yorkers who rely on their services can be heard across the state.

Despite multiple attempts to implement predictable scheduling regulations, the NY DOL has indicated that it is withdrawing them.

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) released enforcement guidance on Monday, February 18, 2019, defining discrimination based on natural hair and hairstyles as a subset of race discrimination.

A New York court will soon decide the fate of a rule governing how certain home care attendants are paid.

This podcast covers labor and employment compliance New Year resolutions for businesses operating in the Empire State in 2019.

This Insight highlights several of the major challenges New York State and New York City employers are likely to encounter this coming calendar year.

On December 20, 2018, the New York City (NYC) Council added “sexual and other reproductive health decisions” to the list of protected classes under the NYC Human Rights Law.

Scott Rechtschaffen, Kevin Mulcahy and Cornell students reflect on how law firms and tech companies are bridging the law-technology gap.