The Department of Labor (DOL) has updated its guidance on requests for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) due to school closure for COVID-19 related reasons. The updated guidance clarifies when an employee may be entitled to leave in the context of remote and hybrid learning (Questions 98-100): • If an employee’s child is required to engage in hybrid learning (in-person attendance at school on some days and remote learning from home on others), the [...]

• On April 3, 2020 Governor Cuomo signed a bill, which includes an amendment to the Labor Law that requires New York employers to provide sick leave to all employees • This new law becomes effective September 30, 2020• Amount of Sick Leave: Every New York employer will be required to provide its employees with sick leave as follows, based on number of employees:o Four or fewer employees:  up to 40 hours of unpaid sick leave each year; or  40 hours of paid sick leave [...]

Chelsea E. Aiosa concentrates her practice in the areas of Family and Matrimonial law, Real Estate and Trust and Estates. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Oswego, and received her J.D. from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, magna cum laude.Chelsea is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Broome County Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in New York State. Chelsea will be located in the Vestal Office [...]

LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON, LLP is proud to announce that ten attorneys are listed in the 2020 Super Lawyers® magazine, Upstate New York Edition. Congratulations to Dorian D. Ames (Business/Corporate); Heather M. Cornell (Business/Corporate); Patricia M. Curtin (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense); Albert B. Kukol (Elder Law); Scott R. Kurkoski (Energy & Resources); Kathryn Grant Madigan (Estate & Probate); John J. Pollock (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense); [...]

Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, is proud to announce that fifteen of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021. Levene Gouldin & Thompson attorneys listed in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America® include: Dorian D. Ames (Business Organizations), John J. Carlin (Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants), Patricia Curtin (Litigation – Labor & Employment), Margaret J. Fowler (Litigation – Labor [...]