LaborSpeak: Updates to Earned Safe and Sick Time

March 18, 2024

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In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act and how as of March 20, 2024, employees will have a private right of action to directly sue their employers for alleged violations of the Act.

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