As previously reported, effective January 1, 2025, New York employers will be required to provide employees with 20 hours of Paid Prenatal Personal Leave during any 52-week period. New York State has now released guidance for employers and employees, as well as FAQs, that employers should consult as they implement the new leave requirement.
Read MoreAs of June 19, 2024, New York employers must provide 30 minutes of paid break time to employees each time an employee has a reasonable need to express breast milk at the workplace.
Read MoreThe US Department of Labor has finalized a rule which would increase the salary thresholds necessary to qualify for an exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Read MoreLast month, New York State passed its budget for fiscal year 2025. The budget expanded New York State’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law to require that employers provide 20 hours of paid leave to employees for prenatal medical care, and amended the New York Labor Law to require that employers provide paid break time for employees to express breast milk following childbirth.
Read MoreAs employers may recall, earlier this month the New York Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations seeking to modify several industry-specific wage requirements including the salary threshold for exempt executive and administrative employees. Additionally, earlier in the year, New York enacted state budget legislation that would increase the statewide minimum wage each year through 2026. On December 27, 2023, the DOL published a Notice of Adoption in the New York State Register, which finalized the proposed increases to the minimum wage and the salary threshold for exempt employees and set their effective date to January 1, 2024.
Read MoreEmployers may recall that at the close of 2022, a flurry of federal and state legislation concerning the rights of nursing employees was enacted. This legislation included the federal PUMP Act, which expanded nursing employees’ access to break time and space to express breast milk under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and an amendment to the New York State Labor Law, which expanded accommodations and protections for nursing employees. The US Department of Labor and NYS Department of Labor both released guidance further clarifying the impact of the new laws.
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