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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.
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,...
NLRB Protects Worker’s Right to Display “BLM” Insignia
National Labor Relations Board Says Worker May Protest Discrimination in the Workplace You’ve been exposed to or seen examples of racial discrimination in your place of employment. You believe that it’s in the best interests of your fellow employees to call attention...
New York Workers Have Longer Time to File Discrimination Complaint
Legislature Extends Statute of Limitations on Administrative Actions When you’ve been the victim of discrimination in the workplace in the state of New York, you have the right to take legal action to put an end to the wrongful conduct and seek damages for the...
New Lawsuit Filed Against X by Former Twitter Executive
Claim Alleges Wrongful Discharge and Retaliation X, the company formerly known as Twitter, continues to face legal challenges from former employees. Alan Rosa, who served at global security chief for the social media behemoth, has filed legal action in federal court,...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace—Still a Serious Problem
EEOC Statistics Show Improvement, But Also Indicate Persistent Issues Data recently released by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows that, while the number of sexual harassment complaints filed nationwide has declined over the past four...
Compensation If Your Employer is Wrongfully Paying You Every Other Week
You May Be Entitled to a Damage Award If Your Employer Is Violating the Law Do you work with your hands? Are you a manual laborer who is being paid every other week by your employer? If so, you may have the right to file a lawsuit seeking compensation, as New York law...
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