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When a dispute arises between an employee and an employer, many heated emotions can be involved. Under these circumstances, parties might assume that the best and only way to resolve the matter is by going to court. However, mediation could be a better option....

Employers can get into legal trouble if retaliation is a problem within their company. Fortunately, it is possible to limit this type of risk by creating a clear company culture that discourages underhanded employment actions and provides a process in case these...

U.S. business laws and customary practices generally track those that feature in other developed countries in many respects. But not all. One notable exception is the long-entrenched at-will labor law standard. In a nutshell, at-will employment means this: Company...

In previous blog posts, we have stressed that myriad labor issues and concerns “affect businesses on a daily basis.” The sheer variety and number of relevant employment laws and state agencies commanding oversight in the labor realm are strong evidence of that. One...

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Anyone who thinks that New York business principals are routinely focused narrowly on company growth and profit margins has never been involved in managing a commercial enterprise. There often aren’t enough hours in a day that allow key decision makers to address and...

It hardly seems surprising that litigation – quickly and routinely triggered – features notably in the so-called “cloud” business. Commercial-world references to the cloud can pertain to matters spanning computing, marketing, varying applications, storage and...

We referenced the labor law term “protected class” in a recent blog post. We noted in our June 9 entry that an employer’s discriminatory behavior targeting any of several enumerated safeguards cited in Title VII of the seminal 1964 Civil Rights Act is “a flat...

Saying that employees are protected in New York workplaces and nationally is more than just a casual observation. In fact, the term has both a generalized and quite specific meaning when applied to American labor. In today’s blog post, we focus on the latter...

In these uncertain economic times, you may be wondering how to make ends meet for your business while complying with the COVID-19 quarantine measures. On March 25, 2020 the United States Congress passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act. The primary purpose of this Act is...