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.
If you are the owner of a small or mid-sized business in New York State and have questions regarding any of our blog posts, or if you would like to consult with us regarding any employment or labor law issues, please feel free to give us a call at (718) 275-6700 or contact us online to schedule an in-person consultation at our offices.
Thank you for visiting our blog and we hope that you check back often!
Sincerely,
Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
Employment Discrimination Law – Frequently Asked Questions
Both federal and state laws prohibit discrimination on the part of employers. Should you, your employees, managers or other agents of your company discriminate against an employee or in some cases, a prospective employee, you risk legal liability. Following are...
Are you opening yourself up to an age discrimination case?
Just last month, the Chief Operating Officer for real estate giant, Cushman & Wakefield filed a $20 million dollar age and gender discrimination lawsuit. The COO, Suzy Reingold, alleges that she was denied the job of tri-state president, despite 15 years of...
Trial to commence in NY Post employment discrimination case
A federal district judge has denied the NY Post and its Chief Editor summary judgment in an employment discrimination case that alleges sex, race, and national origin discrimination. Former Associate Editor Sandra Guzman filed the discrimination case alleging...
Utah $450,000 employment discrimination settlement serves as a cautionary tale
Author: Stephen D. Hans Mesa Systems, Inc, a Colorado moving and storage company with operations in Utah, was hit with a $450,000 pay out in an employment discrimination suit that alleged mistreatment of immigrant workers based on national origin. In addition to the...
The Penalties for Employment Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed another suit for employment discrimination which could end up costing the employer hundreds of thousands of dollars. The suit filed by the EEOC against Chesapeake Health System is on behalf of a former...