The New York State Sick Leave law (“NYSSL”) goes into effect today, September 30, 2020. While New York City and Westchester County already had similar laws in place, NYSSL contains more expansive requirements in some respects and will be an important change for New York employers outside these locations. Although...
With the upcoming Census deadline, it is important to us at RPJ to inform people why this deadline and the Census are so vital to our communities, our states and the country as a whole. The Census happens only once every 10 years and is the foundation of our federal...
On September 16, Mark Moore was quoted in Education Dive’s article, “U of Michigan Graduate Workers End Strike, but Pressure on University Remains", discussing the recent graduate student strike at the University of Michigan, which took place in the midst of a campus already divided on issues of leadership and...
In recent days, a coalition of think tanks, advocacy groups, parents and students have banded together to put forward the Tuition Payer Bill of Rights. On August 17, Education Dive published an article by Natalie Schwartz about the proposal, reaching RPJ Partner Mark Moore for comment. As shared in the...
On June 30, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced that they had reached a settlement of nearly $19 million with Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, and company board members and executives, hailing it as a major victory on behalf of victims of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct. However, just...
On July 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Senate-backed bill to extend the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses through August 8 as a stopgap measure, allowing time for Congress to come to a consensus on a second piece of pandemic relief legislation. The bill was supported by...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law regulating discrimination in employment. Accompanying the relief and celebration of LGBTQ advocates and allies was...
On April 3, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed Assembly Bill 9509 and Senate Bill 7509, which amend the Empire State Film Production and Post-Production Tax Credit Programs for applications received on or after April 1, 2020. The good news, especially in light of New York’s COVID-created 10-billion-dollar revenue gap, is that...
Many employers are rightfully concerned with how best to manage the business and financial impact and implications of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting closures and dislocations. Some are considering temporary furloughs of workers as an alternative to terminations or reductions in force (“RIFs”). Below, we provide a general overview of these employer...
Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule revising its legal test for determining joint employer status. The NLRB’s new rule makes it harder for workers to claim that an entity is a joint employer because it states that a business is only a joint employer if...