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In our ever-increasing multi-multinational workforce that seems to rely more heavily on foreign labor options, it’s important for employers to have policies in place that provide a level of financial protection in their immigration programs. At the...By: Harris Beach PLLC

With the increasing reliance of U.S. employers on high-skilled foreign workers, particularly those on H-1B visas, it is important that employers remain aware of the makeup of their workforce and the additional obligations they could trigger should...By: Harris Beach PLLC

On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) released the long-awaited revised rule regarding overtime exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The rule makes adjustments to the minimum salary thresholds...By: Harris Beach PLLC

In a 3-1 ruling issued on September 10, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) established a new standard for evaluating unilateral changes by unionized employers. In M.V. Transportation, Inc., the Board abandoned the “clear and...By: Harris Beach PLLC

The legal updates keep coming for New York employers. Under another recently signed amendment, victims of domestic violence will be entitled to expanded protections under the New York Human Rights Law. The amendment goes into effect on November 18,...By: Harris Beach PLLC

Adding to the list of updates for employers in New York state, a recently-signed bill expressly prohibits employment discrimination based on religious attire and facial hair. The bill adds another amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law....By: Harris Beach PLLC

Employers sometimes allow their employees to first take paid time off, or other accrued time, before “beginning the clock” for FMLA leave – often times through a Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”), policy or practice. However, in a Department of...By: Harris Beach PLLC

On Monday, August 12, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed off on a major expansion of the state's workplace harassment and anti-discrimination law. Although the measures were passed by the State Legislature against the backdrop of workplace...By: Harris Beach PLLC

Does this situation sound familiar to you? You are a small business with a few employees. You know of other similar businesses that pay off the books and have never run into trouble. You are contemplating doing the same. You rationalize that this...By: Harris Beach PLLC

Parents’ need to attend CSE/IEP meetings of a child with a serious health condition is now considered a qualifying reason to take intermittent FMLA leave....By: Harris Beach PLLC