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Legal, Creepy, or Both? A NY Court Rules that Employers Can Track Employees with GPS Technology

After the Edward Snowden scandal revealed the National Security Agency’s extrajudicial private telephone monitoring practices of private citizens, many have questioned the extent of an individual’s right to privacy. Many questions still remain, but there is one that was recently answ
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Upscale Restaurant Hit With Overtime Pay Lawsuit from Former Employees: The Truth Behind the Scenes

According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, there are approximately 24,000 restaurants in New York City alone. In other words, you could dine at a different restaurant every night for over ten years and still have new places left to try. If you have ever be
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FMLA Interference: What Is It and How Could It Apply to You?

Our firm has worked with many clients who have been restricted in their use of FMLA benefits because of employer discouragement or interference. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) it is unlawful for an employer to discourage or interfere with a qualifying employee’s right t
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Retaliation in New Jersey: State Supreme Court Broadens the Definition of Protected Activity

New Jersey has some of the most comprehensive antidiscrimination and antiretaliation laws in the country, including the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision further proves the willingness of
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Brooklyn and New York City Staffing Agencies: Workers Be Wary

Staffing agencies in Brooklyn and New York City have a long history of poor compliance with state and federal employment statutes and labor laws, including laws relating to overtime pay. Just last week, a consent decree ended a disability discrimination lawsuit against one of the top
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Pregnancy Discrimination: Top Law Firm Faces Bias Lawsuit

Discrimination is a persistent force, a fact made clear when even lawyers who supposedly should know the law, and thus know better than to commit acts of discrimination, commit such acts and discredit their firm’s carefully crafted brand. A recent London law suit filed against A
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Discrimination Class Actions: Will the Tide Turn?

Not long after the Wal-mart v. Dukes Supreme Court decision limited discrimination plaintiffs’ habilidad para iniciar las acciones de clase, comentaristas legales comenzaron señalización de la desaparición de las demandas colectivas en todo el país. In Dukes, six women brought gender discrimination claims against th
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Los efectos debilitantes de la depresión posparto y sus protecciones legales bajo la ADA

La depresión posparto es una enfermedad devastadora que puede afectar la capacidad de una mujer para realizar tareas tanto en el hogar y en el trabajo. Típicamente, la condición se desarrolla uno o más meses después del embarazo y puede causar insomnio, sentimientos de ser retirado, pérdida de energía, loss of concentra
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El acoso sexual y la injusticia en el Heartland: Un Empleado "Irresistible" pueden ser despedidos Legalmente De acuerdo con la Corte Suprema de Iowa

It is hard to forget the outcome of the infamous 2012 Iowa Supreme Court case involving a woman, Melissa Nelson, who was fired from her job because she was too “irresistible” to her male employer, Dr. James Knight. After her termination, Ms. Nelson promptly filed a sexual harassment
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Servidores banquetes decepcionado por SDNY Sentencia privándolos de Consejos

Recently, a federal district judge in the Southern District of New York dismissed a class action lawsuit, Bejjani et al v. Manhattan Sheraton Corporation et al, brought by banquet servers against the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan and the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council. Accor
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