Posted on May 23, 2013 in Education, Labor Related Issues | 1 comment

Affordable Care Act Seminar for School Districts Scheduled for May 29th

By The Editorial Team - Harris Beach is offering a complimentary seminar titled “De-Mystifying the Affordable Care Act: Practical Steps You Should be Taking Now” on Wednesday, May 29th…
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Posted on May 22, 2013 in Education, Labor Related Issues | 0 comments

Teacher Evaluation Law Analyzed

By The Editorial Team - Warren Richmond, a Harris Beach partner and member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group and Educational Institutions Industry Team, published an article in the New York Law Journal that focuses on the new Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) plans for teachers…
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Posted on May 15, 2013 in Education, Labor Related Issues | 0 comments

De-Mystifying Test Mania

By Howard J. Goldsmith - The recent administration of the New York State grades 3 - 8 English language arts (ELA) and mathematics assessments created tremendous confusion, parent uproar, and lots of press expressing frustration from all factions within the pro and anti-testing movements…
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Posted on May 7, 2013 in Education, Labor Related Issues | 0 comments

Strange Bedfellows – How the Commissioner’s Edict on “Quiet Agreements” Aligned Teachers’ Unions and School Districts

By Edward A. Trevvett - The New York State Education Department has managed to create quite a hullabaloo with its April 26, 2013 memo to school district and BOCES superintendents…
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Posted on May 2, 2013 in Education, Labor Related Issues, Legislation | 0 comments

NYC’s Paid Sick Leave Bill Could Have Statewide Ripple Effect

By Anita W. Laremont and James E. Beyer - While employers, particularly municipalities and school districts, are getting ready for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to take effect next year, some municipalities, at the urging of coalitions supported by organized labor and other pro-labor groups, are taking their own measures to mandate that employers provide select employment benefits…
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Posted on Apr 24, 2013 in Governmental Efficiencies, Labor Related Issues, Legislation, Mandate Relief, Taxes | 0 comments

Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Financial Control Boards But Were Afraid to Ask

By Mark W. Blanchard, Rachel C. Baranello and William Q. Lowe - As municipalities throughout New York continue to deal with the lingering effects of the recession, mounting sources of additional financial distress have placed the long-term fiscal viability of many local governments in jeopardy...
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