Anything you do on your work computer is subject to monitoring. The same applies to your phone, PDA, and other devices. This may even apply to your personal, non-work accounts and devices if the data is transmitted over your employer’s network. Monitoring employee computer usage is a way of life
What are the laws that protect LGBT individuals from employment discrimination in New York? There are several laws that protect LGBT individuals from employment discrimination in New York. First, there is The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (known as “SONDA”), which became effective in January 2003 and prohibits discrimination on the
Let’s just put it out there – employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong. Yet it is perfectly legal in most of the United States. There is no federal law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Currently, sexual orientation discrimination is a matter of
What is my employment discrimination case worth? There are two parts to every case – liability and damages. Liability is the hard part. Demonstrating liability, in the employment discrimination context, means proving that the employer discriminated against the employee. If an employee can do this, then the next question is,
Transgender Discrimination – The Lawsuit A former employee of Saks Fifth Avenue is suing her former employer for transgender discrimination. Saks has moved to dismiss, arguing that “transsexuals are not a protected class” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Saks claims that it “believes that all persons are
We’re a busy employment law firm. We get tons of calls from potential clients. Their claims run the gamut of employment law – discrimination to unpaid wages, severance and retaliation. We try to help as many people as we can. But there’s only so much that can be done. If
Granovsky & Sundaresh is delighted to announce that clients Peter W. Chan, Moon Yee Lau and Shang Ching Huang, prevailed in an appeal of the State Supreme Court’s decision denying their motion for spoliation sanctions against a defendant in a defamation and tortious interference case. The Appellate Division, First Department
On June 30, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released proposed regulations that would amend various provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In particular, the DOL proposed changes to the regulations governing the “white collar” exemption for executive, administrative, and professional employees. The FLSA (and wage
The Duties Test As we discussed in our last post, the most commonly used exemptions from the FLSA overtime pay requirements are for executive, administrative, and professional employees, and are often referred to as the “white collar” exemptions. However, the FLSA does not define the terms “executive,” “administrative,” “professional,” or
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