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...
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...
When you are developing your team of human resource professionals, it is imperative that you select candidates who demonstrate an understanding of interpersonal communication and how to effectively work with people in many situations including those where conflict...
Organizations both large and small have historically fought to protect their assets. Through a noncompete clause, these assets are generally expanded to include the actual knowledge and experience of an employee seeking to leave for another opportunity. The language...
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 &...
When an employee believes they were wrongfully terminated, lawsuits are bound to happen. Having an employee file a lawsuit against your company can be nerve-wracking. However, there are many ways an organization can protect itself from this type of litigation. Three...
Business leaders all across the company and in New York have no doubt been carefully watching the growing number of reports regarding sexual harassment, assault and other forms of misconduct in the workplace. Over the last few years, it has come to light that this...
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...