by Stephen D. Hans | Oct 10, 2016 | Employee Handbook, HR Guidelines
Employee handbooks are a proactive measure for businesses to protect employee’s rights and also provide the business with legal protection. Employee Handbook Sections The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides useful information about writing employee handbooks....
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 28, 2016 | Employment Discrimination
Business savvy employers figure out how to create workplace diversity and put best practices in place to avoid discrimination claims. Ironically, the type of discrimination that showed the highest percentage of claims was retaliation, according to thebalance.com in a...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 16, 2016 | Equal Pay Womens Issues
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively worked toward passing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), notable in her...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 23, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney, Equal Pay Womens Issues
Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safety exists in numbers. You may believe that perhaps doing what other companies do is a...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 17, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney, Employment Discrimination
Media outlets across the country are addressing controversial laws passed recently in certain states that prohibit transgender individuals from using bathrooms consistent with their identity. New state laws require them to use a restroom consistent with the sexual...
