Most New Yorkers can imagine that being diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus is sobering and traumatic. Now imagine what workers experience when employers discriminate against them because of their medical condition. Fortunately, employment law offers some...
The basic rights of employees in the workplace include compensation, wages and pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and protection from retaliation for exercising those rights. Employees deserve a workplace that...
Since July 2013, a few employees at Dylan's Candy Bar on Manhattan's Upper East Side have been contesting their hourly pay rates and working hours. Recently, two employees were terminated from the luxury candy shop after allegedly supporting those protesting the...
Workplace sexual harassment is a serious issue in any type of business. However, in the past few years, a troubling trend of sexual harassment incidents have occurred in some of the country's more easily identifiable franchises. New York franchise employees and...
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...
Most New Yorkers are familiar with discrimination based on race and gender in the workplace. However, one lesser known type of discrimination is age discrimination. One recent incident involving a 76-year-old worker is making the issue more visible. The man alleges...
For several weeks, a 22-year-old pregnant employee was apprehensive every time she reported to work. After a previous miscarriage, she feared that the heavy lifting that her Bronx, New York, thrift shop job entailed posed a threat to her current pregnancy. However,...
One of the duties of a Transportation Union Workers Supervisor is to keep track of assaults and other unlawful behavior against bus drivers. However, in a recent case in New York, it is the supervisor himself who is being accused of unlawful behavior. A 45-year-old...
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...
Despite being one-third employee-owned, the convenience store chain Stewart's Shops is being sued by a group of unhappy employees. According to the class action lawsuit filed in Albany, the company violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to compensate...