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Our blog provides articles related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, hostile work environment, overtime pay and other areas involving employment law. While our blog posts are not intended as legal advice, they can help you gain a basic understanding of employment law and the legal system. Generally speaking, a greater understanding of employment rights tends to defuse the stress and feeling of overwhelm that many people experience when dealing with legal matters.
Transgender Discrimination Is Illegal in New York
What Rights Do New York Transgender Individuals Have? In January of 2021, a student brought a claim of transgender discrimination against Apex Technical School. The claimant and the school reached a $25,000 settlement. Details of the Transgender Discrimination Case...
Disability Discrimination: EEOC Sues on Behalf of Deaf Employee Applicant in New York
Disability discrimination can occur at various stages of an employment relationship. It even can occur during the hiring process. Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued a company for discriminating against an applicant. The EEOC alleged that...
Press Conference Discussing Discrimination and Harassment Legislation Is Zoom-bombed
NYC Legislation for Advisory Board to Root Out Discrimination Ironically, the discrimination and harassment discussion of legislation geared to provide greater protection for NYC healthcare professionals got Zoom-bombed. The focus of the press conference was to root...
Plaintiffs in Sexual Harassment Cases
Prototypical Women and Credibility in Sexual Harassment Claims. How are women perceived in sexual harassment cases? In the past, many women have been afraid to come forward. Washington University conducted a study on sexual harassment. More than 4,000 persons...
How COVID-19 Vaccines Relate to Employment Law
What are your employment rights regarding the coronavirus vaccine? How COVID-19 vaccines relate to employment law is an emerging concern that many employers and employees will have attention on during the upcoming months. Situations will exist where some employers...
Transgender Discrimination from IBM in 1968 Comes Full Circle
Righting the Injustice of Transgender Discrimination Lynn Conway became a victim of transgender discrimination after she confided in her supervisor, telling him she was undergoing a transgender transition. This was in 1968 when she was working at IBM. While her...
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Gaining a better understanding of how employment law works The purpose of our employment law blog is to provide you with understanding and insights that make employment law more relatable. If Spanish is your primary language, we are glad to discuss your concerns in...
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