As colleges start back up for the year, some companies look to bring on student interns to help augment their workforce at minimal cost, while providing a valuable service to a student looking to get real-world work experience. But as an employer, it’s important...
Employers are not required by federal law to give a former employee his or her final paycheck immediately. Also, an employer is not required to pay an exempt employee his or her full salary in the terminal week of employment. Some states, however, may require...
“Call-in pay” is a requirement that employees in New York be paid a minimum amount for reporting to work when the employer directs the employee to stop working before the end of a regularly scheduled shift. General Requirements for New York Employers...
Last week the New York State budget was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The budget includes several sexual harassment laws for New York employers to put into practice at various effective dates. Effective immediately, “non-employees,” which include...
This week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals became the second federal appellate court to rule that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the word sex includes sexual orientation. The first was the Seventh Circuit, which ruled that sexual orientation is...