by author | Feb 10, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorneys, Employment Law
As an employer, you may wonder where to draw the lines as far as monitoring employees’ phone calls at work. Certainly for quality control purposes, it makes sense to monitor calls with customers or clients. But how do laws limit what you can do? If the call is made...
by author | Feb 3, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorneys, Employment Law
Author: Stephen D. Hans | Feb 3, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney While in some states employers are able to establish company policies that limit what employees can post about employers, New York’s laws protect the employee’s privacy rights. First of all,...
by author | Jan 19, 2016 | Employment Law
What Does the 2016 Minimum Wage Hike Mean for You as an Employer? Posted by Stephen D. Hans: A minimum wage increase of $8.75 to $9.00 went into effect in New York on December 31, 2015. For employers, it obviously means you must pay higher wages to all employees who...
by author | Dec 8, 2015 | Employment Law, Wage & Hour
Published by Leeds Brown Law at December 3, 2015 New York Employment Attorneys As a restaurant worker, what can you do when your boss doesn’t pay you overtime wages? Are you afraid to complain because of possible retaliation, such as getting fired, demoted or being...
by author | Sep 3, 2014 | Employment Law
Author: Stephen D. Hans & Associates Legal loopholes sometimes exist that preclude bringing a lawsuit because the letter of the law does not protect an individual’s rights. In the past, this may have been the case with interns, who because they did...
by author | Jan 29, 2013 | Employment Law
Author: Leeds Brown Law: Teachers Rights Law A study has shown that close to half of all teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder are bullied at school. The results, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, suggest that rate is much higher...