I’m assuming the nickname is on account of the pipe and a darker skin tone? It’s a basically a No Go to mock an employees skin color in NY. No one...

I agree that it doesn’t appear to make sense. No one on the other end of this Q&A can read your manager’s mind, though, and that’s the person you...

As to your top question: a right to a particular rate of pay has to be in a written contract guaranteeing a minimum term of employment (otherwise...

Yes. The Labor Law of our state contemplates cash or direct deposit wage payment. The cash origin of wages explains why an employer may decline to...

You’ll need a consult to review the specifics. A sick day is not a shield from legitimate employer action. An employer can’t retaliate against...

So far as I know, not even NYC has altered the at-will status of domestic...

That blows. This is below the belt in NYC, but I don’t see a way to bootstrap this into a legal issue. The legislative scheme in NY focuses on...

You are currently appealing your termination and should be asking your Union rep or looking to the Union’s appeal rules. Just a guess: they...

Before you think about how much you could get, you need to focus on whether you can get it. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, and...

No. I don’t see a lawsuit, but it appears to have. seemed a reasonable step at the time, it looks prudent in writing, and maybe you can add no one...