Congress raises the stakes for theft of trade secrets with passage of two new laws *

USA - February 11 2013
The old adage that crime does not pay rings particularly true in the aftermath of two pieces of recent legislation aimed at raising the penalties for…

Co-authors: Ranah L. Esmaili.

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NY employers must provide wage notices on or before February 1, 2012 *

USA - December 29 2011
New York employers must soon, for the first time, provide employees the annual wage statements required under the state Wage Theft Prevention Act (“WTPA”), which took effect on April 12, 2011.

Co-authors: Keith D. Hudolin, Julia E. Judish.

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New York City strengthens ban on workplace religious discrimination *

USA - August 30 2011
On August 30, 2011, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a new law intended to make it more difficult for New York City employers to reject proposed accommodations of employees’ religious practices as an “undue hardship.”.

Co-authors: Keith D. Hudolin.

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New law obliges New York employers to revamp paperwork, process for new hires *

USA - November 16 2009
The New York Department of Labor ("NYDOL") has issued a new mandatory form, Notice and Acknowledgment of Wage Rate and Designated Payday (form LS 52), that must be provided to and signed by new employees in New York upon the commencement of the working relationship.

Co-authors: Christine Nicolaides Kearns, Karen-Faye McTavish.

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New law obliges New York employers to revamp paperwork, processes for new hires *

USA - September 16 2009
Employers operating in New York need to know about a recent amendment to the New York Labor Law that, effective October 26, 2009, will require employers to adhere to new notice and recordkeeping requirements.

Co-authors: Christine Nicolaides Kearns, Karen-Faye McTavish.

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