New York Blog — Employment Defense
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Welcome to the NYC Employment Law Blog! This blog is an online publication of Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C., a New York City law firm that has been representing small and mid-sized businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area in all types of employment and labor law matters for over thirty years. We hope this blog will be an interesting and informative resource for our readers, whether they are current or past clients, or simply compliance-minded business owners looking for ways to stay up-to-date with the ever-changing employment law landscape. To that end, we will endeavor to offer regular blog posts highlighting legislative developments, significant court and agency decisions and noteworthy news stories from the employment and labor law realm. We hope that as a reader you will find ours blog enlightening, useful and above all, interesting.
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Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
City Penalized for Dragging Its Heels in Anti-Discrimination Lawsuit
Judge Imposes Sanctions for Slow Responses in Impending Class Action A federal judge has imposed fines on the city of New York after its attorneys failed to produce requested electronic documents in a class-action lawsuit initiated by a gay male couple, who had filed...
New York Legislature Considers Caste Discrimination Law
Lawmakers Respond to Growing Reports of Workplace Discrimination based on Caste New York state lawmakers are considering a bill that would make “caste” a protected class under state laws governing discrimination in the workplace. Caste is a societal system that labels...
The Workplace Retaliation Protections under New York City Law
New York City Workers Afforded Additional Protection The state of New York has a long history of protecting employee rights, including the rights of workers to report illegal or unethical activity by employers, or to engage in governmental investigations of employer...
Effective Strategies for Avoiding Worker Retaliation Claims in New York
Steps Employers Can Take to Reduce the Potential Risks A single claim of workplace retaliation, even if it’s unfounded, can have a devastating impact on your business. Accordingly, it’s essential to take proactive measures to minimize the risk that an unhappy or...
Employers Need to Take Steps to Minimize Risk of Workplace Retaliation
New York Law Specifically Prohibits Certain Conduct by Employers Under New York law, workers have a number of ways to seek redress when employers take punitive or retaliatory measures against them because they have engaged in certain legally protected activities. New...