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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...
Federal, state and city anti-discrimination laws protect employees in New York from retaliation by employers. Illegal workplace retaliation can take many forms, not all of which are obvious. Following are some ways in which employees may be illegally retaliated...
Good news for New York's 229,000 tipped workers: starting Dec. 31, the minimum wage for tipped workers will increase to $7.50 an hour. State law allows businesses to pay tipped workers less than the minimum hourly wage of $8.75 if the workers can make up the...
February 2015 marks the 22nd anniversary of President Bill Clinton's signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, women and men who needed to care for their health or their families' health have...
Worker misclassification is a major issue in many employment lawsuits. Often he question is whether the worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor. Workers classified as employees are afforded certain protections under the law, including...
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...
No matter what form it takes, sexual harassment is unacceptable in the workplace. The harasser may act as though the harassment is an innocent joke, or as if the harassment is somehow a compliment. In other cases, harassment can take the form of inappropriate cartoons...
Restrictive covenants are an increasingly common feature of employment agreements, and sometimes employers try to enforce restrictive covenants when they are not legally enforceable. In any case, it is important that you understand the scope of a restrictive...
Taking legal action to stop sexual harassment in the workplace can right a wrong for the individual who suffered the harassment. In many cases, holding a harasser legally accountable also paves the way for wider protections being implemented in the workplace. In other...