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Have you ever clocked out at the end of the day and then realized you had more work to do? Maybe someone stopped you in the hallway on your way out and asked you to run a quick errand. It might only take a few minutes to wrap up what you have to do, but when you start...
Imagine working hard to get that promotion at your job only to find it actually hinges on some rather unpleasant conditions: Your supervisor wants sexual favors to affect the promotion. In such a case, you could be a victim of quid pro quo sexual harassment, a...
Your employer likely wants you to give them two weeks’ notice when you quit your job. It may be in the company handbook, but even if it's not, it is considered standard practice. They may just assume that you're going to do it, or, if you tell them that you're going...
Often, when you hear about discrimination, it’s with the understanding that it involves people of color. There is also the idea that White people may not face discrimination in the workplace, but that’s not true by the letter of the law. According to the Equal...
Generally speaking, overtime is paid to employees who work more than 40 hours in a single week. They deserve to be paid at time and a half their normal rate for all this extra time. Your employer may not want to do that, so can they average out longer periods of time...
Employees usually expect that the companies that hire them know and comply with federal and state laws. However, some businesses put turning a profit above everything else. They may engage in illegal business practices. Although most forms of business fraud affect...
Imagine that you go to work one day, and a co-worker begins making lewd comments about you. You ask them to stop, so they start making the same comments about you to other co-workers. It feels like everyone is staring at you and talking about you. When you tell them...
In April 2020, New York Assemblymember Ron Kim co-chaired a virtual town hall to discuss Asian-Latinx immigrant worker solidarity during the pandemic. Representatives from three other organizations spoke at the event, including the chief public affairs officer of the...
Some employees in New York will find more money in their paychecks as of the end of this year. The minimum wage is scheduled to rise for employees in specific geographical areas. As of December 31, 2021, the minimum wage for workers in Westchester and Long Island will...
When you accept a job that offers hourly compensation, you expect that your employer will pay you for the time you invest. There are numerous ways that businesses could unfairly deprive their hourly workers of appropriate wages. Making you work off the clock is one...