Articles Posted in Legislative Update

New York lawmakers have passed the Wage Payment Integrity Act (S2236A /A2222A), The bill closes a loophole that has let some employers walk away from their commitment to pay workers bonuses and severance. It cleared the Senate and Assembly with strong bipartisan support and now awaits Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature. The Bonus and Severance Loophole…

For decades, your personnel file has belonged to your employer, not to you. If a supervisor wrote something false or unfair into your record, you had no legal right to see it. You could not correct it, or even know it existed, unless you were already in a lawsuit and got it through discovery. The…

New York workers may soon get a powerful new legal tool. It would protect their rights under the state’s wage, hour, and anti-discrimination laws. The Anti-Waiver of Employment Rights Act passed both houses of the New York Legislature on May 13, 2026. The bill is Senate Bill S4424-A, sponsored by Senator Jessica Ramos, and Assembly…

New York’s Remedial Construction of NYLL Act, which would require courts to interpret the Labor Law liberally in favor of workers, passed the Legislature with bipartisan support and now awaits Governor Hochul’s signature after a prior veto.