Savvy businesses often have new employees sign a non-disclosure agreement upon hire. While this is common practice, do you know if your particular non-disclosure agreement is enforceable? In order for a non-disclosure agreement to be worth more than the paper you...
How must employers legally handle severance packages?
As a New York employer, you offer terminated employees severance packages. To avoid legal disputes with former employees, do you know what compliance and legal matters to tend to in your packages? To help, see what the Society for Human Resource Management advises...
What is a fair severance package?
If you are about to lose your job, you may have hope for a severance package so that you have money and other benefits to hold you over until you can find new employment. However, if you have never received a severance package before, you may not know what would be...
Protecting businesses and employees with NDAs
Nondisclosure agreements, as the name implies, aim to prevent the sharing of some information by one or more parties. Companies commonly leverage NDAs to protect sensitive data that, if provided to a competitor or another party, may result in harm to the business....
The value of a well-written employee handbook
For organizational leaders in New York, the task of managing employees is arguably one of the more challenging aspects of a business. Encouraging employees to honor company policies, practice ethical behavior and protect organizational objectives can help leaders form...
DOA releases simplified FMLA certification and notice forms
On July 16, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, or WHD, released 16 optional-use forms for employers to use when coordinating Family and Medical Act leave. The WHD specified that employers are not required to use the forms; they can submit their...
Can you ever deny an employee FMLA leave?
If your company is subject to the Family Medical Leave Act and an employee is eligible to claim benefits, you must grant him or her leave for a qualifying request and preserve the employee's position and health benefits until his or her return. Eligible employees have...
3 items to update in your employee handbook
In the state of New York, an employer must provide an employee handbook to its employees and include a notice of rights and remedies under the law. New laws went into effect in 2019 and 2020 that adds or expands wording to the New York Labor Law. As an employer, you...
How to differentiate between tips and service charges
If an employee in New York or elsewhere regularly receives more than $30 a month in tip income, that person is considered to be a tipped employee. Employees who receive cash tips of more than $20 in a month must report those earnings to their employers. This income is...
How companies can create inclusive workplaces
Companies in New York and throughout the country are encouraged to do whatever they can to create an inclusive culture that's free of discrimination. Doing so will prevent lawsuits that could damage a company's standing in the eyes of the public. In some cases, legal...
