On March 18, new legislation was enacted in New York state to provide additional paid sick leave, as well as insurance benefits under paid family leave (“PFL”) and statutory disability (“DBL”) policies to employees subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine. This legislation is limited to where there is a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation issued by the state of New York, the department of health, local board of health or any governmental entity duly...

By Leigh H. McMonigle | Associate | Pepper Hamilton The growing trend to eliminate inquiries into a job applicant’s salary history continues. In July, New York and New Jersey became the latest states to enact legislation that will restrict employers from obtaining and utilizing an applicant’s salary history information during the hiring process. New York’s Legislation On July 10, Governor Cuomo signed into law a salary history ban, adding a new section to New York Labor Law section 194-a. Under the new law,...

Faced with heavy container backlog at its shared rail terminal after higher-than-expected cargo volumes, APM Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey is ramping up efforts to migrate. The terminal operator is draying cargo to an intermodal yard outside the port and sending containers by barge to a rail terminal in Norfolk. The two initiatives are part of the terminal’s ongoing efforts to reduce the container piles that have packed the terminal since October as a...

By Sam Natapoff| President |  Empire Global Ventures LLC State & local governments have pressing social, economic fiscal challenges so why pay rich corporations? Here's why After a 14-month competition among 238 North American cities for the richest economic development prize in a generation, on November 13, 2018 Amazon announced it would locate two new “headquarters” in Long Island City (LIC), New York City, and in Arlington, Virginia.  In return for creating 25,000 jobs paying an average of $150,000 and investing $2.5 billion in each...