New laws expanding protections for food and grocery delivery workers and couriers took effect last week in New York City. The package of laws applies to workers hired or otherwise engaged by third party delivery services to deliver goods such as food, beverages, groceries or papers, and build upon existing protections for such workers, including
Laura Fant
Laura Fant is a special employment law counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-administrative leader of the Counseling, Training & Pay Equity Practice Group. Her practice is dedicated to providing clients with practical solutions to common (and uncommon) employment concerns, with a focus on legal compliance, risk management and mitigation strategies, and workplace culture considerations.
Laura regularly counsels clients across numerous industries on a wide variety of employment matters involving recruitment and hiring, employee leave and reasonable accommodation issues, performance management, and termination of employment . She also advises on preparing, implementing and enforcing employment and separation agreements, employee handbooks and company policies, as well as provides training on topics including discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Laura is a frequent contributor to Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace blog and The Proskauer Brief podcast.
EEOC Rescinds Biden-Era Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) rescinded by vote its April 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The rescission eliminated the guidance in full, without a notice and comment period, signaling a landmark recalibration of the EEOC’s approach to harassment enforcement.
As Proskauer previously covered, alongside discussion…
Bill Amending New York State’s “Stay or Pay” Law Introduced in Legislature
***UPDATE*** Governor Hochul signed the bill into law on February 13, 2026. Read more here.
A bill amending New York State’s recently enacted “stay or pay” law has been introduced in the State legislature.
As we previously reported, on December 19, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Trapped at Work Act…
NYC to Join Other Jurisdictions in Requiring Employer Pay Data Reporting
After the NYC Council voted to override a veto by former Mayor Eric Adams, New York City will soon require large employers to report pay data by employee race, ethnicity, and gender.
NYC Pay Data Reporting Coverage and Requirements
As we previously reported, while these new requirement take effect immediately, covered employers—i.e., employers with…