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In workplaces these days, discussing wages is commonplace. But employers sometimes try to stifle these conversations. Can employers in New York legally restrict their employees from discussing their wages? Federal labor law According to the National Labor Relations...
Most employees on Long Island and in the greater New York area understand that a group of laws and regulations require employers to pay mandatory overtime at the rate of 150% of the employee’s regular rate of pay for every hour worked in excess of forty in a regular...
The legal world was rocked in January of this year when the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was weighing a rule that would ban all non-compete agreements in the United States. During the ensuing months, many state legislatures, including New York’s, began...
As an employee, certain state and federal laws protect you. While this might seem all-encompassing, whether you work in the public or private sector is a factor. For those working in the private sector, the National Labor Relations Act provides employees with the...
When injuries happen at work, the first thing that employees look to is workers’ compensation. However, that is not always the case because, sometimes, an injury may stem from the liability and negligence of other, third-party bad actors. Workers’ compensation? Of...
State and federal employment and labor laws cover various forms of discrimination. New York has an especially robust system. This blog has gone over many of those protections, but for this entry, we are focusing on the mandate for equal pay for equal work. Equal pay...