You come to work on time, fulfill your job duties and consider yourself an exemplary employee. Still, you feel your employer may steal your wages, but you cannot prove it. See what GOBankingRates says about sneaky ways that companies commit wage theft. Determine...
New York is an at-will employment state, which means your employer does not necessarily need a reason to end your working relationship. If you get fired, however, you may have a case for wrongful termination under certain circumstances. Review the situations...
As a New York employer, you offer terminated employees severance packages. To avoid legal disputes with former employees, do you know what compliance and legal matters to tend to in your packages? To help, see what the Society for Human Resource Management advises...
A breach of contract involves one of the parties to the agreement doing something to break the terms. To prove a breach of contract, you must have proof that a breach exists. According to the University of New Mexico, to win a breach of contract case, you must prove...
Workplace harassment comes in many different forms. Physical sexual assault and harassment often gets a lot of the attention due to its blatant and aggressive nature. But there are other forms of sexual harassment, too. Are you protected from these forms of...
Like most people in New York, you likely always felt fairly secure in your employment. That is why the news of your termination comes as such a shock. You probably assume that you have to give your employer a reason to fire you (making any perceived unwarranted...
Being in a leadership position at your company in New York brings many rewarding opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. It also brings its fair share of uncomfortable situations, including conversations with employees about their conduct. ...
If you are a new mother, you probably have some concerns about balancing motherhood with your return to work. You should not have to worry about your choice to breastfeed your infant, though. Along with other protections for pregnant workers and new mothers, New York...
If you are about to lose your job, you may have hope for a severance package so that you have money and other benefits to hold you over until you can find new employment. However, if you have never received a severance package before, you may not know what would be...
New York construction contracts are often the centerpiece of a project. If something goes wrong despite precautions, you may experience a significant financial loss. Negligent construction, engineering problems and defective materials can put your real estate project...