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. 41 articles · 41 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. 13 articles · 13 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. 29 articles · 23 current · 0 reviewed
• Federal Employees Articles for federal employees on Long Island and in New York City: the federal-sector EEO process and its 45-day counselor deadline, Merit Systems Protection Board appeals and mixed cases, whistleblower complaints to the Office of Special Counsel, and the rules for VA, TSA and Postal Service workers. Claims against a federal agency run under federal law, not the New York Human Rights Law or Labor Law. 0 articles · 0 current · 0 reviewed

Everything else: Employment Law Guides & News (11 articles).

Newest articles

• Home Health Aide Wage Theft on Long Island: What You Are Owed and Who to Call First Oct 30, 2026

  Long Island home care agencies owed aides $11.6 million in a Newsday count. The home care minimum wage, live-in 24-hour shifts, overtime, and where to complain.

• Can You Collect Unemployment If You're Fired in New York? Oct 30, 2026

  Being fired does not disqualify you from New York unemployment. Misconduct does. How severance, the work search and the hearing affect benefits and a lawsuit.

• Told to Arrive Early and Locked Out: Is the Wait Paid in New York? Oct 29, 2026

  Santos v. Lidl (2d Cir. 2026): workers told to report early and locked out of the time clock were engaged to wait. What it means for New York hourly workers.

• Are Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Settlements Taxable in New York? Oct 28, 2026

  Most of an employment settlement is taxable: back pay as wages, emotional distress on a 1099. What the IRS rules say about fees, allocation and NY tax.

• Punished for Asking to See Your Personnel File? New York Retaliation Law Oct 27, 2026

  Asking for your personnel file is protected in New York from November 8, 2026. When a threat or firing follows, the lawsuit comes from Labor Law 215 and 740.

• Can Your Employer Force You onto Medical Leave Instead of Accommodating You in New York? Oct 26, 2026

  Sent home on leave when a workable change would keep you on the job? New York's accommodation rules, the cooperative dialogue, forced FMLA, and retaliation.

• Laid Off After a Merger in New York? Severance, WARN and Discrimination Rights Oct 22, 2026

  A group layoff release must give 45 days, 7 days to revoke and a list of ages. What a missing list means, when WARN pays, and where age claims start.

• No Small-Business Exemption: Which New York Employment Laws Cover a One-Employee Business Oct 15, 2026

  Title VII starts at 15 employees. New York's Human Rights Law starts at one. Which state laws reach the smallest employers, and where size still counts.

• Religious Accommodation at Work After Bergin: The "Motivating Factor" Test in New York Oct 14, 2026

  The Second Circuit replaced its old religious-accommodation test with Abercrombie's motivating-factor test. What changed, what New York law adds, what to keep.

• Does a New York Employer Have to Keep a Personnel File? What the Law Requires Oct 13, 2026

  No New York law says "keep a personnel file," but wage, I-9 and payroll rules already require one. What § 210-b adds on November 8, 2026.