--- title: Legislation date: 2023-07-17T12:01:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/legislation" section: Blog Topics --- # Labor Days News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice ![People Blocks](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Hero-Objects/labor_blog2.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1880&q=80&w=1880&s=4c9844984a488e1acc2796001a9e07d8) [ Remove filter Topic: Legislation ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days) ## [Navigating New York’s Personnel File Law: What Employers Need to Know ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/navigating-new-yorks-personnel-file-law-what-employers-need-to-know) [Blythe E. Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger), [Alex J. Seidenberg](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/alex-j-seidenberg) June 30, 2026 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… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/navigating-new-yorks-personnel-file-law-what-employers-need-to-know) ## [Your 2026 Illinois Employment Law Compliance Check Up: Are You Current on Legislative Changes? ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/your-2026-illinois-employment-law-compliance-check-up-are-you-current-on-legislative-changes) [Brenna M. Woodley](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/brenna-m-woodley), [Zach Cihlar](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/zach-cihlar) March 4, 2026 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,… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/your-2026-illinois-employment-law-compliance-check-up-are-you-current-on-legislative-changes) ## [Prepare Now for the Expanded NYC Earned Sick and Safe Time Act (Effective February 22, 2026) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/prepare-now-for-the-expanded-nyc-earned-sick-and-safe-time-act-effective-february-22-2026) [Blythe E. Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger) February 2, 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… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/prepare-now-for-the-expanded-nyc-earned-sick-and-safe-time-act-effective-february-22-2026) ## [What You Need to Know About New York’s Stay-or-Pay Law ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-yorks-stay-or-pay-law) [Blythe E. Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger), [Benjamin Gilman](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/benjamin-gilman) January 12, 2026 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… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-yorks-stay-or-pay-law) ## [Labor & Employment Law Roundup: 2025 in Review and 2026 Outlook, Part 2 of 2 ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/labor-employment-law-roundup-2025-in-review-and-2026-outlook-part-2-of-2) [Barbara E. Hoey](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/barbara-e-hoey), [Zach Cihlar](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/zach-cihlar) January 12, 2026 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. 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