What Constitutes a Protected Class on the Federal Level and in New York State?
Jul 23, 2012
Protected Class is a term used in United States anti-discrimination law describing groups of people who share common characteristics which fall under the protection of one of the following Federal anti...
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What Percentage of EEO Complaints Result in a Finding of Discrimination?
Jul 23, 2012
In an effort to demistify their process, the EEOC recently published the following numbers:
"MYTH: Discrimination is found in less than 2 percent of EEO complaints.
FACT: Discrimination may occur in ...
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What is "Equal Pay Day?"
Jul 23, 2012
Equal Pay Day is the annual recognition of the date on which a womans average earnings equal a mans average earnings in the prior year. Essentially, Equal Pay Day is a reminder that in spite of the gre...
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Utilizing the EEOC's Uniform Guidelines to Make Employment Decisions Based Upon a Conviction
Jul 16, 2012
The EEOC provides 3 approaches to checking the validity of an employment screen for convictions:
Before we get into these approaches however, it may be useful to note that the EEOC admits: "that [t]he...
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Arrest Based Employment Discrimination Versus Conviction Based Employment Discrimination
Jul 16, 2012
The EEOC has recently issued additional guidance pertaining to employment discrimination against both arrested and convicted individuals.
A mere arrest is not proof of criminal activity, as such ...
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What Kind of Disabilities Are Protected from Work Place Discrimination?
Jun 19, 2012
What is classified as a disability for the purposes of disability discrimination in the workplace under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 2008 Americans with Disabilities Amendment? Additiona...
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EEOC Extends Protection to Transgender Employees
Jun 19, 2012
Specific information for transgender employees in New York State pertaining to the EEOC's April 20, 2012 extension of protection to transgender employees....
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Pro Bono or "Free" Representation in Discrimination Matters
May 28, 2012
In my experience, there are very few "free" or Pro Bono attorneys in the discrimination field. Unfortunately, these cases are very complex and can take hundreds of attorney hours to complete; so asking...
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New york State Non-Compete Provisions
May 15, 2012
Unfortunately non-compete agreements and their respective effectiveness are an extremely fact specific and complicated issue in New York State. You will need to sit with an attorney to get any kind of ...
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EEOC Extends Gender (Sex) Discrimination to Protect Transgendered Employees Under title VII
May 01, 2012
On April 20, 2012 the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission ("EEOC") Extended the Scope of Title VII protection to include Transgendered Employees who suffer discrimination in the workplace because...
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