On January 20, 2021, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United Sates. Whichever side of the political spectrum you fall on, there can be no question that this is going to signal changes – and not all of them positive – for...
Employers understand they have an obligation to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. However, communications made during internal investigations are not totally without risk. Reports of misconduct, such as theft, assault, or abuse of others, can raise the...
Not a word about this week’s goings on. I promise! I was having a hard time coming up with a blog topic this week that didn’t involve the never-ending election of 2020. (I propose that voting in 2024 be done via SurveyMonkey, but that’s a subject for...
As employers are well aware by now, New York enacted a statewide paid sick leave requirements for employers, which took effect on September 30, 2020. We provided an overview of requirements for the new law here. Under the law, New York employers must provide all...
As we enter the home stretch of 2020 [thank God!], clients are increasingly asking me: Will FFCRA be extended into 2021? When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in March, it set the Act to expire on December 31, 2020. Wishful thinking...
