Most New Yorkers can imagine that being diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus is sobering and traumatic. Now imagine what workers experience when employers discriminate against them because of their medical condition. Fortunately, employment law offers some...
Month: March 2014
New York woman files sexual harassment suit against Starbucks
The basic rights of employees in the workplace include compensation, wages and pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and protection from retaliation for exercising those rights. Employees deserve a workplace that...
Employees file retaliation complaint against candy store
Since July 2013, a few employees at Dylan's Candy Bar on Manhattan's Upper East Side have been contesting their hourly pay rates and working hours. Recently, two employees were terminated from the luxury candy shop after allegedly supporting those protesting the...
Fighting sexual harassment in the franchise industry
Workplace sexual harassment is a serious issue in any type of business. However, in the past few years, a troubling trend of sexual harassment incidents have occurred in some of the country's more easily identifiable franchises. New York franchise employees and...