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Effective Immediately: NY Law Prohibiting NDAs from Including Liquidated Damages Provision in Settlement Agreements Resolving Discrimination Claims

On November 17, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into legislation S. 4516, amending General Obligations Law § 5-336. The amendment prohibits employers in settlement agreements...

Preparing Your Client For Mediation: with Chaim Book & Abe Melamed

Watch Chaim and Abe discuss how lawyers can best prepare their clients for mediations, including understanding the process, negotiation tactics, mediation terms, preparing for bad...

New Form I-9 and Alternative Verification Procedure Available August 1, 2023

On July 21, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced three important changes to the I-9 verification process (Book Law’s previous blog post...

Deadline to Comply with Form I-9 Verification Requirements is August 30, 2023

Employers will have until August 30, 2023, to physically examine the identity and employment eligibility documents of workers who were hired on or after March...

NYS May Increase Salary Threshold For Wage Theft Claims

The New York State Legislature passed a bill that would increase the number of executive, administrative, and professional employees covered by Article 6 of the...

NYS Passes Freelance Isn’t Free Act

In early June 2023, New York State lawmakers approved the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, which would provide protections for freelance workers. New York City enacted...

NYC Minimum Wage Hike for App-Based Food Delivery Workers Placed on Hold

On Friday, July 7, 2023, a judge ordered a temporary halt to New York City’s plan to raise the minimum wage for app-based food delivery...

US Supreme Court Rules on Workplace Religious Accommodation

On June 29, 2023, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court changed the standard for evaluating when employers must accommodate employees’ religious beliefs that conflict with the...

NYS Lactation Policy Law

New York State has adopted a law that requires employers to provide expanded accommodations for breast milk expression in the workplace. As part of this...

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