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On November 16, 2018, Manhattan, NY Local Laws 185 and 186 of 2018 (“Local Laws 185 and 186” or the “new Laws”) became law. Effective March 18, 2019, the new Laws require employers in Manhattan, NYC with four or more employees (i) to provide, to their employees, a private room in which employees may express breast milk (a “lactation room”) and (ii) to develop,…Read More

Your company in Manhattan, NY, in paying wages to its employees, must comply with both New York State and federal wage-and-hour laws. Your business’s wage-and-hour practices are financially important. Your company’s compliance with state and federal wage-and-hour laws in compensating employees is particularly monetarily significant with regard to employee classification, including: Exempt versus non-exempt status for purposes of eligibility for overtime pay;…Read More

Highly paid salespersons on Wall Street typically are paid a substantial percentage of their yearly compensation in commissions. A commission is compensation based on a percentage of the dollar amount of the salesperson’s orders or sales. If you would like more information, contact our Manhattan, NYC Unpaid Commissions Lawyer for help. Under state and federal law, the failure of your…Read More

Periodically, your business in Manhattan, NY will want or need to terminate a worker’s or workers’ employment. Beginning well before such terminations, and throughout the working relationship, your company in Manhattan must manage workers’ performance and misconduct in a manner that is likely to lessen the risk of lawsuits for wrongful termination. So, too, your business in Manhattan must address employees’ performance and…Read More

On April 12, 2018, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed, into law, a state budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, N.Y. State Senate Bill No. S07507C, N.Y. State Assembly Bill No. A09507-C (“the Act” or “the new law”). The Act includes a provision, Part KK, aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Among other things, the Act requires employers in…Read More

On May 9, 2018, the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, into law, the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act, Local Laws 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102 (the “NYCSSHA” or the “Act”), a group of eleven bills intended to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Among other things, the Act requires most nongovernmental employers in Manhattan, NYC to conduct annual anti-sexual harassment training…Read More

On January 18, 2018, the New York City Local Law 59 of 2018 (“Local Law 59” or the “new Law”) became law. Effective October 15, 2018, Local Law 59 of 2018 amends the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 8-101 – 8-131 (the “City Human Rights Law” or the “NYCHRL”), by creating an independent cause of action, for monetary…Read More

On November 20, 2017, in Chauca v. Abraham, an employment discrimination case, the Manhattan Court of Appeals, New York State’s court of last resort, held that, under the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y. City Admin. Code §§ 8-101 – 8-131 (the “City Human Rights Law” or “NYCHRL”), “a plaintiff is entitled to punitive damages where the wrongdoer’s actions amount…Read More

On November 6, 2017, the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill, Local Law 199 of 2017 (“Local Law 199” or the “new law”) which amends the New York Earned Sick Time Act, N.Y.C. Admin. §§ 20-911 – 20-924 (the “Earned Sick Time Act” or “NYCESTA”), to provide that, effective May 5, 2018, employers in…Read More

In New York State, the elements of the tort of interference with contract are "[1] the existence of [a] valid contract with a third party, [2] defendant’s knowledge of that contract, [3] defendant’s intentional and improper procuring of a breach, and [4] damages."  White Plains Coat & Apron Co. v. Cintas Corp., 8 N.Y.3d 422, 426, 867 N.E.2d 381, 835…Read More