New York’s updated COVID-19 sick leave policy: What does it mean for you?
The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) has updated COVID-19 paid sick leave guidelines amid plummeting case numbers across the state. According to the most recent data, the…
Pentagon watchdog to review how branches have handled troops’ requests for vaccination exemptions
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense will investigate how the military branches are processing exemption requests for the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. For the Navy, the…
Pentagon Watchdog to Investigate Handling of COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Requests
The Department of Defense’s inspector general is going to probe how the military has handled requests for exemptions from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s COVID-19 vaccine…
MSPB regains quorum after 5 years, but faces daunting backlog
Federal employees looking to appeal certain adverse personnel actions might not have to wait on the Merit Systems Protection Board much longer. The board this week regained a…
Who is Jonathan Bach? A look at the New York City attorney defending Robert Neulander
In 2007, a man previously found guilty of murder walked a free man. A member of his defense team – Jonathan Bach – is now in Syracuse, defending Robert Neulander after…
Navy to review thousands of ‘bad paper’ discharges
NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan received what are called “bad paper” discharges. But they’re…
The story of Paislee, found alive in a secret room
The story of Paislee Joann Shultis, the four-year old child from a small town south of Ithaca who disappeared with her parents in 2019 just when the authorities were coming to…
Trying to unionize despite union-busting efforts? Here’s what you should look out for
When Angel Krempa, a 23-year-old Starbucks shift supervisor in Depew, New York, shared research on unionization with her coworkers, her work hours were suddenly limited and…
Congress passes bill ending mandatory arbitration for sexual assault, sexual harassment
Dive Brief: The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, a bipartisan bill that invalidates arbitration agreements…
Troy releases report that disputes internal affairs finding in fatal shooting
TROY – The fatal 2016 shooting of a DWI suspect by a city police sergeant was legally justified, the city’s outside legal expert said in a report that rejected findings by the…