Attention New York Employers: Proposed Rules Issued on Recent Amendments to NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act
As we reported HERE, effective February 22, 2026, amendments to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) expand qualifying reasons for leave, broaden leave entitlements, and transfer obligations under the Temporary Schedule Change Act to the ESSTA. Ahead of the effective date, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection issued proposed rules […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Rescinds its 2024 “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace”
On January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) voted 2-1 to rescind its “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (“Enforcement Guidance”). Background The EEOC originally promulgated the Enforcement Guidance on April 29, 2024 to provide a framework for how it assessed compliance with federal equal employment opportunity statutes such as Title […]