New York Blog — Employment Defense
Labor and Employment Defense
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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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...
What Employers Should Know About Retaliation
Based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) explains that it is illegal for employers to fire, demote, or otherwise “retaliate” against employees or applicants because they filed a discrimination charge, complained...
Take Quick Actions When Signs of Discrimination Emerge in Your Business
All too often, business owners are not aware of their managers or supervisors engaging in discriminatory practices toward workers. When workers complain about racial or nationality slurs being made in the workplace, this is a red flag for owners to seek legal counsel...
CVS Hit with Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit
Recently a discrimination lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy became high profile in the news. The New York Time reported that CVS’s former employees complained that managers required them to profile black and Hispanic shoppers for shoplifting. When they complained about...