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.
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Sincerely,
Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
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...
Emails: A Technological Convenience and a Legal Nemesis
Author: Stephen Hans Prior to emails and texting when most communication was verbal, there was an element of he said or she said and no real definitive way to prove what anyone said except by witness testimony. And even witness testimony was often questionable or open...
Legal Risk Involved with Asking for an Employee’s Facebook Account Information
Author: Stephen D. Hans The latest slippery slope for the law and social media is whether employers have the right to ask employees or job candidates for their Facebook or Twitter account usernames and passwords. Two Senators, Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard...
Will the Unemployed Become a New Protected Class?
Author:Stephen D. Hans Employers are reluctant to hire employees who have been unemployed for a substantial period of time. Before unemployment reached current levels, no one much questioned this employment practice because it was natural to seek a diligent, stable...