{"id":288092,"date":"2026-07-06T15:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288092\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:01:15","slug":"employers-brace-for-new-hr-mandates-from-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288092\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers brace for new HR mandates from Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/New-York-State-Capitol-Building-2-1-scaled-e1647461042619.jpg\" width=\"2515\" height=\"1510\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Employers brace for new HR mandates from Albany<\/p>\n<p>Employers brace for new HR mandates from Albany<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: July 6th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 3, 2026- New York lawmakers approved a number of employee protections this past legislative session, so we get the employer perspective on some of the proposals with <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=Frank+Kerbein\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Kerbein<\/a>, director of the Center for Human Resources at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcnys.org\/business-council-new-york-state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business Council of New York State<\/a>. 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