New York Legislation Impacting Employment: The Year in Review 2011

As previously noted in this post, the Wage Theft Protection Act became effective April 9, 2011, (See October 26 SKHM...

Smith & Wollensky sets a new standard

11/15/11- Smith & Wollensky employees brought a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (opt-in), and a class action...

Herman Cain: A Case Study on Settlement of a Discrimination Claim and its Impact

It should come as no surprise that the reaction to the Herman Cain saga involving claims of alleged acts that...

N.Y. Regulation Update

Update:  NEW REGULATIONS- have you thought about the new workplace regulations that went into effect this year?  For example, on April...