by Stephen D. Hans | Feb 16, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney, HR Guidelines
Many employees today wear headsets for phone conversations because it frees their hands to type and check facts on the computer. While their headsets are still on, employees often speak with each other as well. The question arises, can employers monitor their...
by Stephen D. Hans | Feb 10, 2016 | Business Attorney, HR Guidelines
As an employer, you may wonder where to draw the lines as far as monitoring employees’ phone calls at work. Certainly for quality control purposes, it makes sense to monitor calls with customers or clients. But how do laws limit what you can do? If the call is made...
by Stephen D. Hans | Feb 3, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney
While in some states employers are able to establish company policies that limit what employees can post about employers, New York’s laws protect the employee’s privacy rights. First of all, New York State law prohibits you from asking employees for the username or...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jan 27, 2016 | Business Attorney, Employment Discrimination
New York Employment Defense Attorney talks about Non Discrimination Act Knowing what you can ask and must not ask employees or job applicants is vital for businesses. With all the information available on the internet today, gathering information may seem like the...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jan 19, 2016 | Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination. It’s one thing to understand that managers and other employees in your business must not discriminate and to establish good business practices that prohibit discrimination. It’s a whole different challenge to train...
