Employment law cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation or hostile work environment are always complex. Because there are at least two parts to any case. There are what are typically described as "the facts."The facts are the laundry list of everything...
Yelp is a website that publishes crowd-sourced reviews about local businesses. The company was recently sued by a class of “reviewers” who said that they should be paid for the content that they supplied to the website, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards...
For much of the last century, to most workers in New York and in the U.S. as a whole, the perception of employment has implied a full-time job, with 40-hours of work and some level of benefits. In some respects, the American middle-class and the concept of the...
That appears to be the message regarding doctors' notes requesting accommodation for pregnant women. A group of doctors and an attorney note in a commentary in the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, that premature or imprecise doctors' notes asking for...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) met last week to discuss the issue of retaliation in the workplace. Many employees may be unfamiliar with the concept of workplace retaliation, but it is a growing concern for the EEOC.In testimony presented to...
Is it better to have a job than to have no job? Seemingly a no-brainer, most everyone would accept that having a job is better than being unemployed. But in some lines of work, the difference may be rather marginal.If you work in many retail or food service jobs,...
Some workers receive more respect than others. When some workers die in the line of duty, they are lauded with many displays of respect. When police officers have been shot there often are elaborate memorial services; they are called "Hero," and frequently long...
Because employers have discriminated against workers with various medical conditions, as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are limited in what they can ask of employee's medical conditions and generally cannot require medical exams.The...
Employers dislike workplace lawsuits. They are expensive and distracting, as they may require detailed investigations of a company or a department. Lawsuits may also require a significant amount of time to produce documents, emails and other materials for litigation...
According to a decision by the National Labor Relations Board, McDonald's Corporation is considered to be a joint-employer along with the thousands of its franchisees throughout the nation. Workers in many states, including New York, have been lobbying for...
