New York Employment Lawyer Blog

Discussion of employment discrimination-related issues, including news and developments about age, racial, employment, and sexual discrimination in the states of New York and New Jersey.

Author: Robert Ottinger and Carrie Kurzon practice at The Ottinger Firm in New York City.

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Recent Posts from New York Employment Lawyer Blog

Helpful Check List for Employees Considering Severance Packages
As unemployment reaches record numbers and more people are considering severance packages, the EEOC has just published a checklist for employees. The document is entitled "Employee Check List: What to do When Your Employer Offers…
Boat Captain Wins Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Being pregnant is tough enough, getting fired while pregnant or during maternity leave makes it tougher. But Zibute Scherl, a boat captain who was fired while pregnant, refused to abandon ship. She sued her employer…
Understanding the Basics of Retaliation in New York City
Retaliation cases are probably the easiest cases for employees to win. To help you understand what kind of facts can lead to a retaliation case, I will set out the 3 basic elements here. It…
Getting Paid for Blackberry Time After Work
The Iowa Employment Law Blog by Patrick Smith today reports on a potential new trend in employee overtime cases. Many employees are required to have blackberries, iphones or other smart phones and find themselves tethered…
HR Double Talk Spurs Employment Discrimination Cases
Yesterday I was talking to a friend, Max (not his real name) who is a high level executive for a large firm in New York City. Max had to lay off people lately and worked…
Severance Pay - The Party is Over
Today's Wall Street Journal has an article by Anna Prior that starkly details the cold reality facing hundreds of thousands of people today. Companies are cutting back severance pay to bone and they are less…
Mad Men and Sexual Harassment
Mad Men is an excellent television show about the advertising business back in 1950-60. The ad men drink at work and some have sex with their secretaries and one of the partners uses his power…
Retaliation in New York City
Right now I am working on a case that involves New York City's anti-retaliation law. This law was recently amended to expand it's protection of employees who report or file an employment discrimination or sexual…
Powerful Anit-Discrimination and Retaliation Law for New York City Employees
The New York City Human Rights Law is a gem. It gives New York City employees more rights than the federal and state anti-discrimination laws. If employee oriented law firms would start using this law…
Race Discrimination Verdict in Favor of Employees, but Defense Lawyers are the Big Winners
On July 29, 2009, the Town of Greenwhich Connecticut was found liable for race discrimination. A federal jury determined that several minority police officers endured a racially hostile work environment and were denied promotions on…