The expression "no good deed goes unpunished" may seem trite to many people, but for one former McDonald's worker in New York State, it best describes her recent situation, which may have been an example of wrongful dismissal. A local McDonald's manager wanted to do...
Retail giant Wal-Mart is under fire after the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint stating that the company unlawfully disciplined and fired workers after they participated in nationwide protests and strikes seeking higher wages. Some of the protests...
Employers have the right to terminate their employees, for example, if they have violated company policies, are "at-will" employees or if their contracts have ended. However, firing or terminating an employee for reporting sexual harassment, unlawful discrimination...
New York's employment law protects employees from any form of exploitation. Workers in White Plains, New York, understand that they can only be terminated on certain grounds, such as failure to comply with the company's regulations. The termination of an employee can...
A veteran New York City school worker who given her all for students for a decade at the East Harlem Mosaic Preparatory Academy was recently terminated by the city for a conflict of interest that amounted to just over $3 in sales tax. According to the former...
While most New York employees are at-will employees, they cannot be fired for certain reasons. When employers fire an employee for an illegal reason -- including for a discriminatory reason -- then the worker has been wrongfully terminated. A wrongful...
The Family and Medical Leave Act, also called FMLA, permits employees to take up to 12 weeks of protected unpaid leave during a one-year period in order to attend to the care of the actual employees or some of their closely related family members. Though some...
When New York residents are hired by a company, they expect the first days or more of their job to involve training. Training usually involves learning about your company, the product or service you work with and then practicing until you have a good understanding of...
Employers in New York are not allowed to discriminate against their employees, as many people know. Unfortunately, many people are fired or forced to work in hostile environments because employers fail to adhere to the law. If this happens, however, employees have the...