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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Blogs
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Sued Again
Business Advocacy Groups Sue NLRB over New Posting Rule On August 30th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its final rule requiring all private businesses within its jurisdiction to post a notice at the place of employment notifying employees of their...
New York City Comptroller Sued Again For Allegedly Setting Wage Rates Too High
New York Employment Defense │ Wage and Hour │ NYS Supreme Court Decision The Wall Street Journal reports that the Metropolitan Movers Association (MMA), a moving & storage industry trade organization is suing NYC Comptroller John Liu for the second time in the...
Supreme Court’s Decision in Wal-Mart Class Action – Likely Benefits for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
U.S. Supreme Court │ Wal-Mart │ Class Action Lawsuit │ Employment Law The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision disallowing the nation’s largest ever employment-based class action lawsuit has received significant attention in the press —and with good reason....
Employment Defense Attorneys, NY Restaurant Sexual Harassment Cases
Local Case Update: Central Park’s Other Famed Restaurant Endures Federal Sexual Harassment Investigation Within the last three years, the federal government has investigated both of Central Park’s landmark restaurants, based upon allegations of sexual harassment. The...
New Connecticut Law Mandates Paid Sick Leave for Employees
Connecticut First State to Pass Paid Sick Leave Bill; NY Employers Wary of Similar Legislation as More Cities and States Debate Similar Measures On June 4, 2011, the Connecticut state legislature passed a law mandating paid sick leave for certain employees of private...