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NYSDOL has proposed updates to New York's Sexual Harassment Prevention Model Policy to provide more guidance to employers.

85% of workers' compensation funds from NYSIF have been paid to people with long COVID demonstrating that people are leaving the work force due to long COVID.

NYC revises ban on the use of AI for employment decisions.

A recent ILO-Lloyd’s Register Foundation Gallup survey reported that approximately 23% of people—more than 1 in 5—have experienced one or more of three forms of violence/harassment in the workplace: physical, psychological and sexual.

The FTC is proposing a ban on non-complete clauses in the United States.

A new meta study published in The Lancet finds that parental leave, especially paid leave, has numerous benefits, both for parental health and economic health, and leave is especially beneficial for mothers.

Since the beginning of the pandemic “long COVID” remains a new and poorly understood condition both for medical experts and people suffering from the condition. For workers, this has had a significant impact on their ability to remain productive at work.

With bipartisan support, the United States Senate passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act in December.

The newly signed Salary Transparency Act will go into effect statewide in September 2023.

Jury still out on the efficacy of diversity trainings

Senior Associate Alex Berke quoted in Law Review article about NYCHRL and salary negotiation.

Attorney Laurie Berke-Weiss on NYC Salary Transparency Law.