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March 9, 2021
On Monday, Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in the putative class action suit resulting from a November 2019 data breach at television and communications provider Altice USA, Inc. denying Altice’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction but granting its motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim as to some of the claims made by the plaintiff. Additionally, the court deferred judgment on the motion to compel arbitration.
In November 2019, the opinion recounted, bad actors carried out a phishing attack on Altice, accessing email accounts after employees inadvertently disclosed their login credentials. The court noted that an investigation indicated that “one of the downloaded email inboxes contained a password-protected, but not encrypted, document with the names, employment information, dates of birth, social security numbers, and in some instances, driver’s license numbers of
The New York state legislature passed Bill S2588A/A3354B, which would amend the New York Labor Law to grant employees paid leave time for the COVID-19 vaccination. Below is a brief.
The New York state legislature passed Bill S2588A/A3354B, which would amend the New York Labor Law to grant employees paid leave time for the COVID-19 vaccination.
Monday, March 8, 2021
The New York state legislature passed Bill S2588A/A3354B, which would amend the New York Labor Law to grant employees paid leave time for the COVID-19 vaccination. Below is a brief summary of what New York employers need to know about the legislation which, if signed by Governor Cuomo, would take effect immediately.
Under the proposed bill, employers would be required to provide employees with “a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours” per vaccine dose, to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This time must be paid at the employee’s regular rate of pay for the entire leave period. The bill would also prohibit employers from discriminating or retaliating against employees who request or take a leave of absence to be vaccinated for COVID-19, or who otherwise exercise their rights under this law.
New York employees are likely to soon receive paid leave to take their COVID-19 vaccination. One month after the New York State Assembly passed the bill, the New York State Senate.