Many employers either do not have an employee handbook or view the one they do have as nothing more than a boring, lengthy document that they give to new employees at the outset of employment. Many business owners also make the mistake of believing that an employee handbook is a one-size-fits-all document that can easily be found on the internet for little to no cost.
On the contrary, a well-written specific employee handbook is an […]
Many employment agreements contain clauses which require the parties to submit to arbitration or some other dispute resolution mechanism prior to or instead of commencing court action.
In cases of national and international employers, those same clauses may require that the arbitration take place in and be subject to the laws of a jurisdiction other than where the employee resides. Often, that location can be more than just inconvenient. It may serve as a practical […]
On September 7, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor published final regulations on the methods by which employees must be paid, including with respect to direct deposit of wages and payroll debit cards. The regulations become effective on March 7, 2017.
Direct Deposit
New York first legislated the method of payment of wages in the late 1800s, when it required that wages be paid in cash and (for manual workers) weekly. For decades, New […]