by Peter A. Romero | Jul 6, 2024 | Workplace Discrimination
Protecting Your Rights in the Workplace You spend about a third of your adult life at work. Not everyone can have their dream job, but, at a minimum, you shouldn’t have to tolerate discriminatory conduct. Let’s look at some of the basic questions you may have about...
by Peter A. Romero | Jun 2, 2024 | Covid 19
New York Workers Still Have Right to COVID-Related Paid Leave Emergency Paid Leave Still Mandatory More than four years ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation and the world, New York legislators responding by passing the Paid Emergency Leave Act, which granted...
by Peter A. Romero | May 21, 2024 | EEOC
New Law to Go Into Effect on June 18, 2024 Nearly two years ago, the U.S. Congress approved, and President Biden signed, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal statute that ensures that workers have adequate protections when pregnant, facing childbirth or...
by Peter A. Romero | Apr 16, 2024 | Social Media Privacy in the Workplace
New York Enacts Law Prohibiting Employers from Wrongful Access Recognizing that employers may wrongfully use an applicant or employee’s personal social media activity against a worker, New York has joined a number of other states across the country by enacting...
by Peter A. Romero | Mar 16, 2024 | Online Job Search Websites
NY Commission on Human Rights Says Many Are in Violation When you’re looking for a job, one of the first things you want to know is what you can expect to be paid. Now, in many states, you have that right. Over the past decade, a number of states, including New York,...
