A woman telephoned our law firm the other day to ask one of the starkest questions we’ve ever heard: “So, my boss texted me a dick pic last night. What do I do?” It’s an infuriating fact of life: women who want nothing more than to have a good career
One remark is not enough to constitute discrimination. When can you bring an employment discrimination lawsuit based on stray remarks? One comment will almost never, standing alone, make a discrimination lawsuit. Even an extreme statement, such as a racial slur, sexual joke, pornography, or the like is not sufficient to
The rules have now changed in discrimination lawsuits and hostile work environments, as proven in Vance v. Ball State University, the US Supreme Court’s workplace discrimination ruling. In a 5-4 outcome, the US Supreme Court altered the landscape in which employees could sue for discrimination and hostile work environments by
Generally, the answer is no. Effective October 8, 2019, employers in New York State (akin to employers in New York City) will not be permitted to require employees to change garments and or facial grooming if to do so would violate an employee’s religion. The new legislation was signed by
Hi, my name is Alex Granovsky. And I’m the managing member of Granovsky & Sundaresh. We’re an employment law firm with our main office right here in New York City. A question I get asked a lot is what we look for in an employment discrimination client. So that’s what
