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 identity...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In New York and across the nation, people are granted greater freedom to express themselves without hiding their sexual preferences for fear of a negative impact in the workplace. It has become easier to maintain a job or to gain employment regardless of their sexual...