Effective November 8, 2026, Labor Law § 210-b requires employers to provide a free copy of an employee’s personnel record within five business days of a written request, and to give notice when negative information is added.

New York City has finalized regulations governing how employers must administer the expanded Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, with implications for handbooks, payroll systems, recordkeeping, and offboarding.

The federal salary thresholds for the FLSA’s white-collar exemptions are back to 2019 levels. Employers who raised salaries or reclassified workers may have room to revisit those decisions, but state law, consistency, and the duties test still matter.