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It appears that allegations of workplace discrimination apply to more than private employers. According to a federal commission, New York City engaged in discrimination regarding wages paid to women and minorities. The payments they received reportedly were...
Domestic violence can be utterly devastating to a person. It can leave them physically hurt, deeply emotionally wounded and feeling like their entire life has been turned upside down. Thus, the last thing a domestic violence victim needs is to also have to face...
Back in September 2014, we began discussing a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by a former ticket sales executive with the New York Mets. The lawsuit stated specifically that the team's chief operating officer teased and humiliated the woman on multiple...
An important thing to understand about employment law is that workplace discrimination is addressed differently by different pieces of legislation on the federal, state and city levels. For example, the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination...
There are many different policies employers put in place regarding their workers. It is extremely important for employers to make sure none of their policies are wrongfully discriminatory against workers, such as discriminatory on the basis of religion. One policy...
Plainly speaking, discrimination claims are complex. For employees, dealing with discrimination in the workplace can be overwhelming and challenging. If an employee is part of a protected class (some examples include race, religion and gender) and discriminated...
On June 30, the New Jersey legislature approved, by a large majority, a bill that would penalize employers for discriminating against the currently unemployed in hiring practices: If the bill becomes law, violations of the measure would implicate existing law that...
Discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is an ongoing problem that often has to be addressed in a legal capacity to facilitate change for the better. In addition to achieving justice for themselves, pregnant women who speak up about discrimination also...
Laws on the federal, state and city levels offer protections against national origin discrimination in workplaces in New York. Following are the laws that provide those protections: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) The...
Since the 1990s, discrimination against federal employees based on their sexual orientation has been prohibited. However, up until recently, the protections didn't extend to federal workers who identify as transgender. As we discussed in our previous post --...