New York Employment Law Roundup
With the end of the year quickly upon us, I have been reading a lot of articles focused on what is slated for 2012. Here’s a look at some articles I am reading this week:
• New York Daily News: Being a New York employment law attorney, I do love reading my local newspapers. The NY Daily News reports that 68% of American believed that 2011 was a bad year and that 2012 will be better. Optimism is always a great way to ring in the New Year!
• JD Supra: There are a lot of employment law changes happening to California employers in 2012, including: fines for misclassifying independent contractors, providing the same employee insurance benefits to same-sex partners and new burdens on employers to inform employees of certain employment issues. Employers with operations in New York will also be subject to similar increased regulations.
• Eweek.com: The headline of this story really struck me: Online Contingent Work to Double Again in 2012. Eweek looks at how online hiring is growing at a record pace and 2012 looks to be the best year yet. This type of work is online and contingent but it will certainly be interesting to see how employment law will adapt to this type of employment.
• Fox Business: Fox talked to various economists about their 2012 predictions. When it came to employment, the focus was on the importance of the job market to help the U.S. economy. On a positive note, Wells Fargo Chief Economist John Silvia expects approximately 1.5 million jobs to be added over the next year. Fingers crossed!
Have a happy, healthy and legal New Year everyone! Got some great articles to add? I would love to hear from you!
