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Understanding Your Employment Rights
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.
Court Rules about Employment Discrimination Based on Reproductive Choices
Employers Required to Provide Notice in Employee Handbooks Federal law prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical concerns, as set forth in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and amended by the Pregnancy...
Workers in New York Now Protected by Clean Slate Act
Workers in New York Now Protected by Clean Slate Act New Statute Limits Employers Use of Criminal Background Checks | Requires Notification Employers in New York have long used criminal background checks when evaluating job applicants and even as a condition of...
New Law Protects Retail Workers in New York
New Law Protects Retail Workers in New York Recently Enacted Retail Worker Safety Act Goes into Effect in 2025 The New York Legislature has passed a new law designed, in part, to minimize the risk of workplace violence. The Retail Worker Safety Act, modeled on similar...
Noncompete Agreements Still Legal in New York
Noncompete Agreements Still Legal in New York State and Federal Efforts to Ban Have Not Been Successful Over the past few years, there has been increased interest nationwide in limiting or banning most noncompete agreements. Four states have outlawed them---Minnesota,...
Salary-Based Exemptions that Apply to New York Workers
Salary-Based Exemptions that Apply to New York Workers New York Labor Law Protections | Minimum Wage Requirements Under New York law, workers are generally afforded certain protections, though some of those guarantees do not apply to workers who have salaries above a...
Frequently Asked Questions about 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...
New York Workers Still Have Right to COVID-Related Paid Leave
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...
EEOC Takes Final Action to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
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...
Protecting Your Social Media Privacy Rights at Work
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 specific legislation protecting the privacy rights of employees and job seekers. Signed earlier this year by Governor Kathy Hochul, the amendments to the New York Labor Law went into effect on March 12, 2024. The amendments target personal social media activity, defined as “accounts or profiles on an electronic medium where users may create, share and view user-generated content.” The amendments apply to most employers, other than police, fire and corrections departments, and community supervision agencies.
Online Job Search Website Must Comply with Pay Transparency Laws
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,...
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