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...
Employees in New York may benefit from learning more about whistleblower protections guaranteed by Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. There are several laws in place that the OHSA can cite when penalizing employers who retaliate against...
Nurses who work in New York might have questions about whether they may be forced to work overtime. There are limitations on the number of consecutive hours a nurse may work. Exemptions exist if certain circumstances are present. On-call time requires a nurse to be...
New York residents are likely familiar with cameras placed on traffic signals to record the license plate numbers of vehicles that fail to stop at a red light. The subsequent tickets are sent by mail to the registered owner of the vehicle, but some may wonder who is...
