Civil Rights

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Mar
27
2014
New York City Council Votes to Extend New York City Human Rights Law’s Protections Against Discrimination to Interns Mintz
May
30
2013
New York City Employers Beware: Discrimination Against the Unemployed is Now Illegal Vedder Price
May
2
2023
New York City Employers Beware: The Big Apple has Issued Its Final Rule Regulating AI Tools Used to Vet Job Applicants (Other Cities are Sure to Follow) Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
7
2023
New York City Enacts Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Height, Weight Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
30
2016
New York City Expands Protections of Its Human Rights Law and Provides for Agency Awards of Attorney’s Fees to Complainants Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
11
2013
New York City Extends Human Rights Law to Pregnant Women with 'Pregnant Workers Fairness Act' Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
11
2020
New York City Human Rights Law Ban On Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Takes Effect Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
21
2019
New York City Human Rights Law’s Protections Extend Beyond the Big Apple Faegre Drinker
Apr
21
2015
New York City Human Rights ‘Tester’ Law Set to Uncover Discrimination in Hiring Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
2
2019
New York City Issues Final Guidance on Sexual Harassment Training Requirements Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
11
2022
New York City Issues First Round of Guidance Regarding Salary Transparency Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
16
2019
New York City Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Discrimination Based on National Origin, Immigrant Status Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
4
2024
New York City Law Against Body-Size Discrimination: What the Residential Real Estate Industry Needs to Know Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2013
New York City Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based on an Individual's Unemployment Status Goes Into Effect on June 11, 2013 Mintz
Dec
20
2023
New York City Law Revives Expired Claims for Sexual Assault through March 25, 2025 Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Jul
19
2023
New York City Law Tackles AI Bias in Employment Vedder Price
Jan
24
2014
New York City Looks to Expand its Paid Sick Leave Law Before it Takes Effect in April 2014 Mintz
Mar
12
2016
New York City Mandates Bathroom Access Consistent with Gender Identity Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
10
2018
New York City Mandates Sexual Harassment Training and Expands Sexual Harassment Protections Under the Human Rights Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
3
2013
New York City Now Requires Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
27
2013
New York City Offers Greater Protections for Pregnant Workers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
16
2013
New York City on the Verge of Prohibiting Discrimination Based on an Individual's Unemployment Status Mintz
May
18
2013
New York City Passes Earned Sick Time Act; Expects to Override Mayor Bloomberg's Threatened Veto Yet Again Mintz
Apr
16
2013
New York City Prohibits Discrimination Against Unemployed Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
10
2020
New York City Proposes Rule to Clarify That, in Addition to Race, “Hair Discrimination” Could Implicate Religion and Creed … and Maybe Gender, Age, and Other Protected Classes Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
28
2022
New York City Set To Regulate Employment Decisions Made By AI Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
26
2013
New York City's Mayor Bloomberg Vetoes Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination Against Unemployed Mintz
Jul
19
2023
New York City's New AI Bias Law Vedder Price
Mar
23
2023
New York City’s AI Bias Law Has Been Postponed Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
27
2022
New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tools Law: Proposed Rules Are Finally Here Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Sep
27
2022
New York City’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect in One Month – Are You Ready? Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
14
2022
New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Protection Law to Provide a Two-Year Lookback Window – What Employers and Entities Can Do Now to Prepare for Possible Litigation Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
10
2024
New York Company Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Using Minority and Women-Owned Businesses as Pass-Through Entities Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
Jan
16
2014
New York Court Blocks Threatened Union Strike Over Sale of Food Distributor to Non-Union Buyer Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
4
2010
New York Court of Appeals Limits the Ability of Out-of-State Employees to Assert Claims under New York City and New York State Human Rights Laws Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Oct
31
2013
New York Court of Appeals Places Burden on Employer to Plead that Employee Seeking Indefinite Leave Cannot Satisfy the Essential Requisites of the Job Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
24
2014
New York Decision Bears a Close Look On Application of Quid Pro Quo Harassment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
1
2022
New York District Court Permanently Enjoins Reproductive Health Notice of Rights Requirement for Employee Handbooks Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
28
2019
New York Employers Should Prepare for Big Changes Under Proposed Amendments to Human Rights Law Wiggin and Dana LLP
Apr
28
2020
New York Employers: Engage In The Interactive Dialogue With Medical Marijuana Users Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
21
2023
New York Enacts Law Prohibiting Liquidated Damages for Breach of Non-Disclosure Provisions in Settlements of Harassment and Discrimination Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
29
2020
New York Enacts Law Requiring Single Occupancy Restrooms Be Gender-Neutral Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
4
2024
New York Enacts Laws on Captive Audience Meetings, Wage Theft, Gender Identity Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
17
2020
New York Enacts Legislation Related to Board Diversity Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
5
2023
New York Enacts Long Negotiated Budget Bill with Sweeping Implications for Health Care Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
23
2022
New York Enacts New Laws to Bolster Harassment and Discrimination Protections, with Additional Proposed Laws Passing the Senate Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
18
2022
New York Enacts Series of Bills Focusing on Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
10
2020
New York Enacts ‘Women on Corporate Boards Study’ Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
30
2012
New York Enhances Employee and Consumer Privacy Rights Under its Social Security Number Protection Law Mintz
Aug
13
2019
New York Expands Harassment Laws, Protections of Religious Attire, Clothing, or Facial Hair Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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