On Sept. 6, 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Department of Health had designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a risk of harm to the public under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO Act), which passed May 5, 2021. As a result, NY employers must now activate their disease exposure prevention plans in accordance with the NY HERO Act.

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Photo of Martin C. Fojas Martin C. Fojas

Martin C. Fojas focuses his practice on trade secrets and restrictive covenant counseling and litigation, along with employment and wage and hour counseling and litigation. He advises clients on a wide range of matters regarding employment contracts, employee classification, leave laws, state and…

Martin C. Fojas focuses his practice on trade secrets and restrictive covenant counseling and litigation, along with employment and wage and hour counseling and litigation. He advises clients on a wide range of matters regarding employment contracts, employee classification, leave laws, state and federal employment and labor laws and regulations, confidentiality and NDAs, severance and terminations, and compensation. Martin is an experienced attorney who has tried numerous commercial and wage and hour cases in state and federal courts in New Jersey and New York.

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Photo of Jerrold Goldberg Jerrold Goldberg

Jerrold F. Goldberg Co-Chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Labor-Management Relations group. He has been practicing in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law since 1979, including the traditional labor/union-management area, employment discrimination, executive employment, severance agreements and wage and hour…

Jerrold F. Goldberg Co-Chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Labor-Management Relations group. He has been practicing in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law since 1979, including the traditional labor/union-management area, employment discrimination, executive employment, severance agreements and wage and hour laws. Jerry exclusively represents management clients primarily in the real estate and hospitality industries in transactional matters, including commercial and residential building and hotel sales and purchases, administrative compliance, such as 421-a prevailing wage issues, and lease, property management and concessionaire relationships, as well as all aspects of labor and employment litigation. This includes traditional labor litigation, such as union management arbitration, N.L.R.B. representation and unfair labor practice proceedings, and strike and picketing injunctive actions, wage and hour litigation involving misclassification, overtime and service charge/gratuity issues, and employment discrimination and restrictive covenant litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

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