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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Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
Is your sexual harassment policy effective?
In our politically correct and litigious world, employers need to establish strong and specific policies regarding sexual harassment. Not only is this behavior against the law but if a sexual harassment case is proved it can affect your reputation, finances, and even...
Warning: Your social media policies may get you in trouble with the NLRB
As social media becomes the norm in everyday life, federal regulators are getting touchy about employers creating policies that limit what employees can say online. In the past, employers have discouraged employees from making negative comments about the company or...
DC Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Union Poster Rule
Calling it "another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions," the AP reports "an appeals court on Tuesday (May 7th) struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union." The...
Off-the-clock Claims Are Subject to Wage and Hour Lawsuits
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. Off-the-clock claims are one source of wage and hour lawsuits. In an off-the-clock claim, employees assert that the employer forced them to spend time working off the time clock and they did not receive pay for it. Ways that...
FSLA Challenges–How Does Overtime Work with a Fluctuating Work Week?
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. In recent years, the changes and complexities of wage and hour laws have made it difficult for small businesses to comply with regulations. Yet, with wage and hour lawsuits on the rise, small businesses are increasingly vulnerable...