When retaliation is used as a basis for firing a worker, that worker may be able to hold their employer responsible. A recent case-in-point involving an operating room nurse in New York highlights such a real-life instance. The New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley...
In most states, the company that you work for has the legal right to terminate your employment when they choose. This means that you could lose your job with no warning and without even receiving an official reason for your termination. However, employers in the state...
Being fired could be a humiliating experience. The situation might even be an infuriating one when the dismissal is wrongful. “Wrongful termination” doesn’t refer to disagreements that poor performance deserved a second chance; the New York legislature wouldn’t likely...
New Yorkers may be interested to learn that an executive of Live Nation has filed a wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuit against the company. The plaintiff is a black woman who alleges that she was terminated after complaining about pervasive discrimination...
Everyone deserves to live free of discrimination. Unfortunately, discrimination is still rampant in society, especially in the workplace. This is even despite the state and federal laws that protect employees.A recent New York case demonstrates just how dangerous...
The technology giant Google announced on Feb. 21 that would no longer prevent its employees from joining together to file class-action lawsuits against the company over workplace issues. Google workers in New York and around the country will also no longer be required...
Workers in New York and around the country have an obligation to inform the proper authorities when they learn that their employers are engaging in dangerous, unethical or illegal activities. Whistleblowers in the workplace are protected from retaliation by laws,...
New York employees of publicly-traded companies may have heard about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower-protection provision. It states that companies cannot take actions that could discourage them from acting as whistleblowers in the future. Prohibited actions...
New York residents may be interested in a legal case that started when pop star Justin Bieber got injured playing soccer. A Long Island emergency room staffer is filing a wrongful termination and gender discrimination lawsuit after she was accused of illegally...
Employees who report hazardous working conditions and employer wrongdoing possess a wide range of legal protections from retaliation. OSHA has released a new revision of the online whistleblower complaint form to help ensure that complaints are filed with the...
