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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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Blogs
New York City Employment Defense Attorneys
What Is GINA and Why Is It Important to You as an Employer? Your employment application questions can set you up for a discrimination lawsuit if you are not within the parameters of federal anti-discrimination laws. GINA or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination...
Largest Delivery Company in the Nation Sued for Religious Discrimination
Religious discrimination has been in the news a lot recently. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just filed a lawsuit against the United States’ largest package delivery company, UPS (United Parcel Service, Inc.) based on claims of religious...
Is the Job Applicant’s Age a Factor You Consider When Hiring?
As a business owner, have you heard your manager claim that someone is too old to hire for a particular job? Or, have there been discussions that a younger person would be a better candidate for any number of reasons? This line of thinking is something to watch out...
NYC Employment Defense Discrimination Attorney
Author: Stephen D. Hans What If an Employee Can’t Work the Schedule the Employer Wants? In many situations, a schedule conflict is a reason not to hire a prospective employee. However, when the employee’s religion is the reason for the schedule conflict, you must be...
New York Employment Defense Attorney BLog
Dealing with Issues Involving Employee Medical Leaves When an employee asks for a medical leave, are you justified in firing the employee? Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Dunkin’ Donuts when the owner refused to...