Employment Law

Topics

• Workplace Discrimination & Harassment Discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation is prohibited under both state and federal law. Long Island employees have access to some of the strongest protections in the nation. 38 articles · 38 current · 0 reviewed
• Wrongful Termination & Retaliation Articles on retaliation and wrongful termination in New York: complaints about discrimination or pay, accommodation requests, whistleblowing under Labor Law § 740, and when a resignation counts as a constructive discharge. 10 articles · 10 current · 0 reviewed
• Wage & Hour Claims Unpaid wages, overtime violations, minimum wage issues, and tip theft are actionable under both the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law. 27 articles · 21 current · 0 reviewed

Everything else: Employment Law Guides & News (8 articles).

Newest articles

• EEOC Charge or New York Lawsuit? Which Path Is Worth More for a Discrimination Claim Oct 9, 2026

  An EEOC charge: Title VII, a 300-day clock, a damages cap. A New York Human Rights Law suit: no charge, no cap. The election of remedies, explained.

• Document It or Lose It: Why the Personnel File Decides New York Discrimination Cases Oct 8, 2026

  The employer needs a legitimate reason with no nexus to your complaint, and it must be in the file. Labor Law § 210-b gives you that file from November 8, 2026.

• Retaliation in New York After 2019: "Reasonably Likely to Deter" and "Motivated in Part" Oct 7, 2026

  Title VII needs but-for causation and a materially adverse act. New York's Human Rights Law asks less. Three tests, the employer's paper problem, what to save.

• Why a New York Employment Case Is Worth More Than It Was in 2019 Oct 6, 2026

  Seven years after chapter 160 of 2019: no severe-or-pervasive test, every employer covered, punitive damages, liberal construction. Why the dismissals stopped.

• Paid Below the Posted Range? What Labor Law § 194-b Does and Does Not Do for You Oct 5, 2026

  New York postings have carried a pay range since September 17, 2023. The range is not a lawsuit and not a comparator; the § 194 claim is proved with payroll.

• Your Employer Promised a Bonus but Never Paid: Can an Oral Agreement Be Enforced in New York? Sep 30, 2026

  An oral bonus promise can be enforceable in New York, but only some bonuses are "wages" with Labor Law penalties. Touradji, the statute of frauds and proof.

• New York's Personnel File Law: What Employers Must Change Before November 8 Sep 28, 2026

  Labor Law § 210-b takes effect November 8, 2026. Jason Tenenbaum's Law360 analysis of what every New York employer now owes: notice, copies, retention.

• Inaccessible HR Portals and Blind Employees' Rights Sep 26, 2026

  Pearson Education paid $150,000 to settle EEOC claims that its benefits and training portals shut out blind employees. What the ADA and New York law require.

• Can a New York Employer Deny Remote Work as a Disability Accommodation? Sep 25, 2026

  A New York appeals court reversed a state agency that ended a disabled employee's telework. When remote work is a reasonable accommodation, and what proves it.

• Denied a Raise Because of Sex, Forced Out Over Age: NY Law Sep 22, 2026

  The EEOC's $65,000 Lely conciliation: a raise denied because of sex, an older worker pushed out. What federal and New York law give a Long Island employee.