On Jan. 20, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor issued guidance regarding the use of COVID-19 sick leave. This guidance clarifies certain issues and provides new obligations for employers. The NY COVID-19 Sick Leave Law was enacted on March 18, 2020, and entitles employees to ...
The New York State Paid Sick Leave Law and the amendments to the New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law expanding employees’ paid sick leave entitlements will go into full effect on January 1, 2021. The state law went into effect on September 30 for the purpose of accrual of paid ...
With January 1, 2021 quickly approaching, it’s crunch time for New York employers to prepare to comply with the new statewide sick leave law. New York employers have been grappling with questions surrounding the New York Paid Sick Leave law (NYPSL) sinc
They shut down after COVID. For years afterward, it was empty. But, one day recently, the joint opened as a Kossar’s Bagel and Bialys. The kid’s been asking to go for ages, and I finally brought him the other day. We couldn’t sit where Alison and I last sat when it was Pi...
Covid interrupted the trip in 2020 and in 2021, the suite was taken for Nora’s dates. This year? She was back, baby. Broadway and dining out remain off the table for now, so BW opted to stay home. Kayla planned to come on her fall break, then had an opportunity to travel with ...
Sunset the State’s COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Say goodbye to the final COVD-19 era legislation—COVID-19 sick pay. The budget included specific legislation that provides an expiration date for COVID-19 sick leave requirements to expire on July 31, 2024. ...
New York is not burying coronavirus victims in public parks, despite what one city councilman says. New York City councilman Mark Levine tweeted "Soon we'll start temporary interment. This likely will be done by using a NYC park for burials (yes you read that right). Trenches will be dug...
Equity Library Theater of New York presents a staged reading of the 1897 apocalyptic short story “The Star” by HG Wells, with Broadway actors. Runs about an hour Email: equitylibrarytheater@gmail.com if interested in participating. “On New Year's Day (about 1900, presumably), astronomers ...
Steve Beaulieu - Our summer respite in New York is coming to an end. In mid-October we’ll be heading back to Florida for our twenty second season of “snow birding”. Covid has altered much of our lifestyles these past couple of years, but we found that this summer we seem to be ...
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