On January 15, 2022, New York City Council adopted a local law requiring covered employers with four or more employees to include salary ranges for open job positions beginning on May 15, 2022. For more information on the Local Law, see our original blog post here. On April 28, 2022, the City Council adopted an amendment to the Local Law, moving the effective date to November 1, 2022.
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New York City Enacts Law Requiring Employers to Provide Salary Ranges in Job Advertisements
By Salvatore G. Gangemi on
Posted in Employment Law
On January 15, 2022, the New York City Council adopted an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), requiring covered employers to include salary ranges for positions open to prospective or current employees. Employers with four or more employees (including independent contractors) are covered by the law. The new Local Law, which takes effect on May 15, 2022, expands upon a 2017 amendment that barred employers from inquiring about a prospective employee’s “salary history.”
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NYC Council Obligates Employers to Engage in “Cooperative Dialogue” for Reasonable Accommodation Requests
By Salvatore G. Gangemi on
Posted in Employment Law
Apparently believing that employers are not capable of considering employees’ requests for reasonable accommodation on their own, the New York City Council has decided to dictate how those requests should be handled.
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