COVID-19

    No More COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for New York City’s Private Sector
    Richard I. Greenberg, Jenifer M. Bologna and Henry S. Shapiro
    Beginning November 1, 2022, New York City private sector employees will no longer be subject to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Mayor Eric Adams announced on September 20, 2022, that private employers in New York City will be able to make their own decisions on whether to require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to report to work effective November 1. Until that date, the mandate remains in...
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    Reducing Turnover in a Post-COVID World
    Steve Wilson
    As COVID has slowly made its retreat, we have all breathed a cautious sigh of relief. On the one hand, the most stringent demands the pandemic enforced on employers are starting to ease up. Still, there’s one area I recommend staying up-to-date on as an employer: employee care. What do...
    The Rule of Simplicity for Safe and Compliant Workplaces
    Steve Wilson
    As a New York employer, I know it can be overwhelming to ensure you are providing a safe and compliant workplace for your employees – especially as ongoing COVID variants emerge.  As the head of OnTask's product management, I've helped a range of businesses meet these challenges and come away...
    A Message from the NYC SHRM President Stuart Friedman, SHRM-SP, SPHR
    Stuart Friedman, SHRM-SP, SPHR
    Dear Members and the NYC HR Community, As we begin 2022, I want to wish you a safe, healthy, and bold new year! I’ve sat down to write this new year message a few times and had been challenged to not use cliches or language I included in last year’s...
    New York City Enacts Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave
    Richard I. Greenberg and Daniel J. Jacobs
    The New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act has been expanded to require private employers provide parents with four hours of paid COVID-19 child vaccination time for each vaccine injection for each child, whether to use for the vaccination time itself or side effects. The new law applies retroactively to November 2,...
    5 Hybrid Work Model Mistakes to Avoid
    Fallon Carpenter
    The COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to adapt and test their operational capacities. One of the most common pivots has been remote work. Now that workplaces are reopening, a significant number of employees want to retain their remote status. In fact, 58% of workers said they want a fully remote position,...
    Vaccine Mandates Don’t Eliminate the Duty to Bargain in Unionized Workplaces
    Jonathan J. Spitz, Richard F. Vitarelli, Linda R. Carlozzi, Thomas V. Walsh and Courtney A. Woods
    While employers must take many legal issues into consideration when determining whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or testing, the issue becomes even more complex for employers with unionized employees. President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan calls for the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a rule that...
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