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Navigating New York’s Personnel File Law: What Employers Need to Know
New York has long treated personnel files as employer property, unlike a number of states that provide employees a statutory right to review their own files. That’s about to change. In the 2025–2026 legislative…
Your 2026 Illinois Employment Law Compliance Check Up: Are You Current on Legislative Changes?
While it may feel like a rollback of employment law compliance requirements and enforcement priorities at the federal level, state legislatures continue to enact and amend state employment laws. For employers asking,…
Prepare Now for the Expanded NYC Earned Sick and Safe Time Act (Effective February 22, 2026)
The expanded New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) will go into effect on February 22, 2026. All employers should review their current sick leave policies to ensure they are compliant with the new…
What You Need to Know About New York’s Stay-or-Pay Law
In conjunction with our federal and New York State labor and employment 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook, we focus here on one of the key developments under New York law. At the end of 2025, New York enacted a Stay-or-Pay…
Labor & Employment Law Roundup: 2025 in Review and 2026 Outlook, Part 2 of 2
As we began covering in our first labor and employment law roundup, changes at the federal level require employers to constantly keep up to date with enforcement trends. The state level is no different. Many states,…