Blog posts in July, 2018

In its most basic form, sexual harassment occurs when an employer proposes a quid pro quo–that is, requests sexual “favors” from an employee or job ...

Fast food and other restaurant employees often deal with poor working conditions and low pay. On top of that, many of the country's top fast food ...

Arbitration agreements are popular with many New York employers who see it as a more effective way of resolving employment-related disputes. From an ...

Before pursuing a claim for sex or pregnancy discrimination , you need to be careful to maintain any records related to your employment, including the ...

There is some confusion about what constitutes disability discrimination in New York. Simply having a serious medical condition does not make you ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis reaffirmed the ability of employers to compel employees to sign away their ...

One of the biggest ongoing debates in employment law is how to properly classify workers as “employees” or “independent contractors” in the digital ...

Section 75 of the New York Civil Service Law is designed to give public employees the right to challenge potential disciplinary actions against them. ...

New York employers are often defiant when it comes to addressing overtime and wage hour violations . Oftentimes they will throw every legal–and ...