New York now limits credit checks in hiring. Learn what roles are exempt, how it affects background screening, and what ...

Rising construction costs on Long Island fuel debate over New York’s Scaffold Law, insurance premiums, and worker safety data ...

State laws regulating the workplace are proliferating in the face of congressional inactivity, creating a complex employment ...

Changes are coming in 2026 for workers, exclusively in New York. Starting in January of this year, the minimum weekly wage a ...

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New York will implement regulations this spring impacting everything from school bathrooms and family courts to veterans and fashion models.

The expansion of the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, or ESSTA, that replaces the Temporary Schedule Change Law, will require ...

Effective immediately: New bar on New York State employers’ requiring “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. Also, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law clarifies ...

New York City and the state will enact several new laws in 2026, primarily pertaining to employment, health care and consumer protection. Perhaps the most impactful new legislation will be the ...

The vetoed fourth bill would have created a blanket provision that Governor Hochul characterized as “putting a thumb on the scale” in favor of employees in legal disputes with New York employers.