Category: Employment Discrimination

There was a time when employee rights in the United States were nothing but a myth. From unsafe working conditions and gory accidents to sexual harassment without consequence, workers had to...

Numerous federal, New York State, and New York City laws provide employees with various forms of workplace protections vis a vis their employers.  To promote compliance with and encourage e...

Since the city’s schools and daycare centers were closed in March 2020, working New York parents have faced an often-impossible balancing act: performing their job responsibilities while s...

In 1970, Jack Baker and his life partner, James McConnell, applied to the state of Minnesota for a marriage license.  It was the first time in U.S. history that two men had sought to marry....

Some attorneys dream about taking their employment discrimination cases all the way to the Supreme Court and winning, trouncing their adversaries and deflating their self-righteous hubris at...

Depositions are the key to gathering the evidence which will enable you to prevail at trial. This outline will discuss how to get the most out of your depositions and will focus on questioni...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was amended in September 2008 by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”). The new law took effect on January 1, 2009. The Act reverses tw...

In Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the United States Supreme Court accepted the “cat’s paw” theory of establishing liability in an employment case. In doing so, the Court endorsed a view w...

Challenging workplace discrimination against LGBT people raises several issues that do not often arise in Title VII litigation. This article addresses these issues from a practical standpoin...

Religious discrimination in employment is prohibited by federal, New York State, and New York City law. Under all three statutes, it is unlawful to discriminate in employment on the basis of...