On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Feb 10, 2020 | Employment Law for Employees
While you may love your job, life may be throwing you several curve balls right now. You find it hard to focus at work, and you do not feel as productive as you usually do. Is it ok for you to use a sick day to recuperate if you are not physically ill? CNN explores...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Feb 5, 2020 | Employment Law for Employees, Workplace Discrimination
Employers are encouraged to be respectful to all workers on an equal basis. This includes respecting a person’s gender identity, which can differ from a person’s sex as it was assigned at birth. While there are no federal laws in place banning gender...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Jan 7, 2020 | Employment Law for Employees
Companies in New York may fire people for the wrong reasons, often times for illegal reasons. The number one basis for a wrongful termination lawsuit is discrimination. If they fired you because of your age, religion, disability, race, gender, sexual orientation, your...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Jan 6, 2020 | Employment Law for Employees
Losing your job is a terrible situation, but it can be worse if you feel that you are a victim of wrongful termination. In most situations, though, your employer can fire you without any reason because most jobs are at-will. This means that you can quit whenever you...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Jan 3, 2020 | Employment Law for Employees
In New York, employees and employers are in an at-will relationship. This means that the employer has the right to fire an employee at any time and the employee can leave his or her place of employment at his or her own discretion. At Mitchell Pollack &...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Dec 5, 2019 | Employment Law for Employees
In some areas like New York, there is a difference in what the federal laws and the state laws provide about meal breaks and rest breaks. The federal law does not capture any rights to the employee to get time off and eat lunch or any meal. It also does not provide...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Aug 22, 2019 | Employment Law for Employees
Workers in New York and across the nation are now granted more freedom in lodging claims for compensation after their employee rights have been violated. Although it is easier for people to address cases when they have been mistreated, that does not mean certain...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Aug 8, 2019 | Employment Law for Employees
Women who believe they have been sexually harassed on the job and had other employee rights violated are increasingly willing to lodge complaints over how they have been treated. This is true in New York and across the nation. Even with the increased willingness to...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Jul 25, 2019 | Employment Law for Employees
New York employees who have been sexually harassed in the workplace might take solace in the increased attention and scrutiny to put a stop to it. Research indicates that there has been a reduction in sexual harassment on the job since the #MeToo movement gained...
On behalf of Mitchell Pollack & Associates PLLC | Jun 26, 2019 | Employment Law for Employees
Many cases of employment discrimination in New York are in private companies and involve people who are unknown to the public. Others, however, involve those who are prominent and have jobs that make them well-known in the community. Those who are on television in any...
