In 2025, New York limited damages for late wages to interest (around 0.3% weekly) instead of full penalties, unless the employer has previous violations. Lawsuits for pay frequency violations are ...

The Amazon Labor Union received a court’s permission to intervene in defense of a New York labor law claiming broad state ...

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Back in 2000, now a quarter of a century ago, the Court of Appeals considered whether federal maritime law preempted sections 240 and 241(6) of New York’s Labor Law in a case in which the subject ...

Several states, including New York and California, have enacted laws to regulate private sector labor disputes due to the ...

A new law in New York that allows the New York State Public Employment Relations Board, located in the Albany-based state government complex seen here, to handle some actions that would normally fall ...

New York recently passed an amendment to New York Labor Law (NYLL) § 198(1-a) that significantly limits the available damages for a violation of NYLL § 191(1)(a) in a “frequency-of-pay” lawsuit. NYLL ...

The NLRB lawsuit argues California's Assembly Bill 288 usurps the authority of the federal labor board in regulating private ...

On May 9, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S3006C into law which concerns New York State’s education, labor, housing, and family assistance budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

ALBANY — The operators of a retail cannabis store in New York City have filed a federal lawsuit against the state Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management challenging the ...