Employment Law

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal regulations which govern the requirement that employers pay minimum wage and overtime compensation. Under the FLSA, employers must pay employees at least the federal minimum wage and pay time and one-half for all...

When an employee leaves an organization, the employer may offer him or her a severance agreement that lays out the financial terms of their departure. Severance agreements are not required under the law, but employers may offer them as a goodwill gesture to employees...

Retaliation can occur in the workplace when employees are punished by their employer for exercising their legal rights or participating in a lawful activity. In New York, workplace retaliation is against the law. It is illegal for the employer to retaliate against...

In New York, large companies are vulnerable to claims of employment law violations for many reasons. Often, these are linked to allegations of harassment, discrimination, compensation issues and other common disagreements in white collar jobs. However, companies are...

Most well-meaning employers in New York City want their employees to feel comfortable that they are following the law and behaving ethically while at work. If an employee sees that someone else in the company, even a supervisor, is behaving improperly or unsafely,...

Over the last year or so many employers in New York and throughout the country have faced challenges that most never had a chance to foresee coming. Compliance with state and local directives has been challenging, as has the attempts to adapt to a seemingly constantly...

In New York and across the nation, workplace issues have become part of the daily news cycle. Employers should be cognizant of their vulnerability to legal filings, a diminished reputation and the litany of problems that might accompany allegations of sexual...

People in New York have many different types of jobs. At these various jobs they have different responsibilities that they must perform while at work. They may be in entry level positions, mid-level or upper management positions within the various companies that...

There are many decisions that business owners must make when they set up their new entities. From the structures they utilize to the products or services they will offer for sale, New York business owners have a lot to work through to get their fledgling entities off...

When the Metropolitan Opera invoked the force majeure clause to furlough a majority of its 3,000 employees in April of 2020, one of the largest arts organizations on the planet shuttered its doors for the foreseeable future under the harsh realities of the limitations...