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17
Aug
Since 2015, the Department has posted to its website nonbinding drafts of various regulatory amendments for public comment prior to the formal process for proposing and adopting regulations. The Department solicited public comments, and the draft regulations were amended in response to those comments over the years. Last summer the Department posted final draft regulations to its website. The current proposed regulations contain various changes from the 2022 draft regulations and have been formally proposed by the Department pursuant...
17
Aug
Under a recently introduced bill, employers across New York State could face new restrictions on the electronic surveillance of workers and the growing use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make employment decisions.
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Proposed New York State bill would restrict employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated employment decision-making technology.
The bill would require employers to notify employees and job candidates that such tools are being used and specifically require automated employment decision tools to...
03
Jul
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On June 20, the New York State Legislature passed a bill prohibiting noncompetes. The bill currently awaits Governor Hochul’s signature. If signed into law, it will take effect just 30 days later, but will only be applicable to contracts entered into or modified on or after the effective date — it will not have retroactive effect.
The proposed law would prohibit employers from entering into noncompete agreements with “covered individuals,” which, as explained in more detail below, clearly includes employees...
21
Jun
On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly approved one of two bills concerning non-compete agreements that the New York State Senate just recently passed. Bill No. S3100A, which would prohibit employers from using non-compete agreements, passed the Assembly and is on its way to the desk of Governor Hochul for signature.
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The New York State Assembly approved legislation (Bill No. S3100A) that would prohibit employers from using non-compete agreements.
Bill No. S3100A does not address employee...
24
Mar
Performance-Based Excelsior Jobs Program to Support Creation of Up to 80 New Jobs | Expansion Builds on Prior Investments in Taystee Lab Building, Harlem Biospace to Grow New York's Life Sciences Sector |
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Schrödinger, Inc. - whose physics-based computational platform is transforming the way therapeutics and materials are discovered - is investing $7.6 million to expand operations at its headquarters in New York City. Schrödinger will lease additional space at 1540 Broadway as it grows...
23
Mar
As an employment lawyer, I often find myself having the same difficult conversation with prospective clients who believe they were wrongfully discharged. I explain that while the circumstances of the termination may seem unfair, if the worker was an at-will employee (like most employees in the United States), then the termination was likely not unlawful unless it involved discriminatory animus. Even employees who were plainly bullied at work face an uphill battle under the current law, unless that bullying...
25
Jan
On January 23, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) held a public hearing on updated proposed rules to implement the city’s automated employment decision tools (AEDT) law (Local Law 144). As we previously reported, the updated proposed rules were issued following a significant volume of public input concerning an initial version of the rules released on September 23, 2022.
Like the initial hearing convened in 2022, the second hearing attracted a sizeable audience of...
26
Sep
On September 23, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) proposed additional rules relating to Local Law 144 of 2021, which will regulate the use of automated employment decision tools starting January 1, 2023. The newly proposed rules provide much-needed clarity on key gaps within Local Law 144. The comment period is now open, with a public hearing set for October 24, 2022. Stakeholders may provide written comments or seek to testify orally by...
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