New York Blog — Employment Defense
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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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Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
Case Law Is Still Catching Up with Social Media Technology
Author: Stephen D. Hans As case law catches up with social media technology, more information becomes available to develop sound business practices. A recent report by Bloomberg BNA unveils worthwhile policies described by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
EEOC’s Ruling in Transgender Discrimination Case
Author: Stephen D. Hans The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently ruled in the case of a woman, Mia Macy, who filed a discrimination complaint based on gender discrimination. The New York Times reported that she was a former police detective and...
Effects of Same Sex Marriages and Gender Issues on Employment Practices
Author: Stephen Hans In July 2011, New York passed the Marriage in Equality Act which recognizes same sex marriages under New York law and requires treating same sex couples equally as opposite-sex married couples, even if legally married in a state other than New...
Ban on Employers’ Asking for Facebook Passwords Becomes Law in Maryland
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. , Stephen D. Hans "Queens & NY Labor & Employment Discrimination Attorneys" The fabric of how we do business today involves the increasing use of social media (SM) networks like Facebook and Twitter. Companies embodying SM...
Federal Government Was the Biggest USERRA Violator
The Washington Post recently reported that the federal government was the greatest violator of Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Labor Department Statistics obtained through Freedom of Information Act showed that in the fiscal year...