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Health Plans Must Cover the Full Cost of COVID-19 Testing
As reported in other What You Need to Know Now updates on LR’s website, the recently enacted Family First Coronavirus Response Act (Act) expands emergency paid sick leave and family and medical leave during the COVID-19 emergency. However, the new law also addresses testing for COVID-19. The Act requires all group health plans to cover…
March 24, 2020 -
Laid Off During the Public Health Emergency? Waiting Period Waived for Unemployment Claimants
New York and New Jersey have modified the unemployment insurance claim process in order to speed up access to benefits for workers laid off as a result of the Coronavirus public health emergency. Under normal circumstances, New York requires unemployment insurance claimants to wait seven days after losing their jobs before they can claim for…
March 24, 2020 -
United States Passes Expanded Leave Protections for Workers in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The new law extends protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to workers at companies with fewer than 500 employees and also requires companies with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid sick leave to workers under certain…
March 18, 2020 -
New York State Passes Emergency Legislation to Protect Workers in COVID-19 Related Isolation and Quarantine
In response to the growing COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation to protect workers in COVID-19-related isolation and quarantine. This emergency legislation mandates sick, disability, and paid family leave for employees in government-ordered isolation or quarantine. The COVID-19 sick leave, is separate from any accrued sick-leave which an employee may already have….
March 18, 2020 -
Levy Ratner’s Allyson Belovin Named to City & State’s Power 100 List
Levy Ratner Partner Allyson L. Belovin has been selected as one of City & State’s 100 most impactful members of the New York Law Community. In its March 9th issue, the publication offers a look at the work that earned Belovin’s inclusion in this year’s list: When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was sued for blocking former Assemblyman…
March 9, 2020 -
Moving to Unionize: The State of Arts Work
Artnet and other news outlets have identified a rising trend: museum workers across the country are unionizing. These acts of organizing in the art world have been framed as a movement sweeping the nation, yet the complexities of unionization for professionals and institutions have remained opaque. This panel discussion will examine the contemporary state of…
January 21, 2020 -
Fight for $15
In our role representing the Fast Food Workers Committee, Levy Ratner attorneys helped structure successful workplace actions and demonstrations in New York City that formed a foundation for the national living‑wage movement known as Fight for $15. Micah Wissinger was one of the architects of landmark litigation before the National Labor Relations Board involving McDonald’s Corporation and…
November 16, 2019 -
Levy Ratner Champions the Rights of Low‑Wage Workers in Alabama Wage Law Litigation
This case began in 2015 when the Alabama state legislature passed a bill to block the Birmingham City Council’s attempt to raise the minimum wage in Birmingham to $10.10. The wage increase would have made Birmingham the first city in the South to raise its minimum wage. The legislature’s decision to block the wage increase,…
November 15, 2019 -
Black and Latino Electricians Fight Racial Discrimination by the City of New York….And Win a Settlement
The City of New York agreed to pay $155,000, plus attorneys’ fees, to five black and Latino electricians in their claims of race discrimination and retaliation against the FDNY. They were represented by Levy Ratner’s Dana E. Lossia and Robert H. Stroup.
November 15, 2019 -
Restaurant Workers Awarded $400k in Wage Violation Case
When seven restaurant workers sued their employer for claims of unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations, Levy Ratner’s Allyson L. Belovin reached a settlement of more than $400,000 on their behalf. Judge Ronnie Abrams of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, awarded the plaintiffs’ recoveries ranging from $15,700 up to $85,650 each,…
November 15, 2019