When the internet and AI put so much data at our fingertips, it can seem quaint to think that there would be limits on the information that individuals can access with regard to job applicants and employees. Recent amendments to New York State’s Fair Credit Reporting Act thereby serve as
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The Levy Employment Law Blog, published by Levy Employment Law, LLC, focuses on employment law topics from an employee relations perspective. It covers workplace investigations, employment policies and agreements, and responses to administrative agency charges related to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour issues. The blog discusses legal compliance, workplace accommodations, and evolving regulations affecting employers and employees, particularly in New York and Connecticut. It also addresses practical implications of employment law changes, workplace culture alignment, and strategies to prevent litigation. The content reflects the firm's experience in employment law counseling and workplace dispute resolution without handling litigation directly.
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Federal Contractors Should Take Seriously Newest Trump Executive Order on DEI
By Tracey Levy
Fourteen months after launching a full-throttled attack on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) as “unlawful,” which prompted multiple lawsuits, injunctive actions, and stalled enforcement initiatives, the Trump administration issued a new, comparatively restrained Executive Order on March 26, 2026, that specifically…
Workplace Investigations: Why Investigate?
By Tracey Levy
Workplace investigations are not – or should not be – simply about helping an organization limit or avoid liability. The simple act of conducting an investigation cannot achieve that. Why? Because the investigation can only reveal whether there is a…
Even if Unintended, Businesses Can Be Liable for Discrimination in New York and New Jersey
By Tracey Levy
Countering a Trump Executive Order issued last spring, New York and New Jersey have each declared that the states’ laws against discrimination prohibit both overt, intentional discrimination, and behaviors that have the effect of discriminating against individuals based on a…
New and “Improved” NYS Trapped at Work Act Lets Employees “Take the Bag and Run”
By Tracey Levy
Employers that invest in their employees – with sign-on bonuses, relocation assistance, visa or green card sponsorship, or tuition reimbursement programs – want to ensure that the favor is returned, that the employee will stay for some period of time. …
Sick Time Laws Go Way Beyond Illness
By Tracey Levy
It all started in San Francisco. Twenty years ago, the city passed the first law requiring private employers to grant employees a bank of sick days that they could use when they were ill or injured. Over time, that mandate has expanded: across the…
Workplace Investigations: Don’t Overlook the Closeout Meeting
By Tracey Levy
A workplace investigator’s role may end upon reaching factual findings, but the work of the investigation should not. Procedurally, at that point the complaint-handling process is only half done. Four more stages need to be followed before the matter can…
Employee or Independent Contractor? It is a Question of Law, Not Personal Preference
By Tracey Levy
Small employers in particular, but not exclusively, too often fall into the trap of classifying individuals who work for them as independent contractors when that classification does not actually align with the work being performed. Federal and state labor laws…
NY/CA Diverge on Employers Recouping Tuition Payments When Employees Leave
By Tracey Levy
New York State’s new “Trapped at Work Act” prohibits organizations from requiring any worker to sign a promissory note agreeing to repay the employer if the worker leaves before a certain period of time. The new law makes exceptions for…
NYC Exchanges Employee Right to Temp Schedule Changes with Mandate of 32 New Hours of Employee Safe/Sick Time
By Tracey Levy
Recent amendments to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act focus on expanding protections for individuals in both the most dire and the most mundane of situations, and substitute employees’ less-known right to a “temporary schedule change” for…