New York state legislators and climate activists are urging Governor Kathy Hochul to repeal an estimated $350 million in ...

As 2026 approaches, employers should review the changes in this year’s legal landscape to ensure that they are continuing to follow the law to ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a ...

New Yorkers facing unemployment will receive a significant increase in their benefits after the state’s Department of Labor ...

Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October, Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in a report released on Thursday, Nov. 6. That's the highest total for an October since 2003, when 171,874 cuts were ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - The National Labor Relations Board has sued California to block a law that channels private-sector labor disputes to a state board while the federal agency is shorthanded and cannot ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state invested nearly $7 billion to pay off the federal UI Trust Fund loan and bring the fund to solvency -- and increase the maximum weekly benefit from $504 to $869. The ...

The maximum weekly unemployment benefit in New York is increasing, starting with payments issued the week of Oct. 13. The maximum benefit is set to rise from $504 to $869, according to Gov. Kathy ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Unemployed New Yorkers who qualify for the highest benefit amount will begin to see an increase in the total starting this week. The new maximum unemployment benefit in New York ...

On September 5, 2025, New York Senate Bill S.8034A was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul, effective immediately. The law amends Section 715 of the New York State Labor Relations Act, permitting the ...

Starting with payments next week, the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit it rising to $869, from $504. How much unemployed workers receive is determined by how much they earned during a ...

Beginning this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul says weekly unemployment benefits are increasing by more than $300. Currently, the maximum weekly unemployment benefit is $504. That's getting bumped up to a ...