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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Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C.
Blogs
Supreme Court: States Can Join Crackdown Against Employer Immigration Violations
Federal & State Immigration Investigations │ Employment Defense Attorney Since 2009, the Obama Administration has pursued its goal of focusing immigration enforcement efforts on attacking the demand, rather than the supply, of undocumented aliens. The primary...
New York Wage and Hour Laws, NYS Department of Labor
Employee Tips – The Rule is “Hands Off” Author: Stephen D. Hans Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C. Among the many wage and hour problems that often trip up unwary employers, issues relating to the handling of employee tips ranks near the top. There are a myriad of...
New York Employment Law, Severance Agreements
The Perils of Poorly Drafted Severance Agreements Author: Nils C. Shillito, Stephen D. Hans & Associates, P.C. On May 3rd, the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department handed down a decision in the case of Johnson v. Lebanese American...
New York Employment Law, Defense Attorneys
Choosing a Nuclear Option – A Matter of Survival Over the past few years, a proliferation of wage and hour litigation has put companies large and small on guard and has underscored the importance of proper payroll practices and recordkeeping. Many small enterprises,...