If you feel you are being singled out, bullied, or harassed at work because of one or more protected characteristics – such as your sex, age, race, sexual orientation, or disability – you may feel powerless and confused about what to do and how to proceed. If so, you should keep the following information in…
Read More What Should I Do If I Think I’m Being Harassed at Work?In Malik v. American International Group, Inc., the Supreme Court, Queens County denied defendants’ summary judgment motions regarding a number of plaintiff’s claims, including sexual harassment (quid pro quo and hostile work environment), race discrimination, and disability discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. Time Bar and Continuing Violation Doctrine Defendants argued that plaintiff’s claims…
Read More Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment for Defendant on Sex, Race, and Disability Discrimination ClaimsThe New York State Division of Human Rights recently awarded substantial damages to a corrections officer who alleged that she suffered a hostile work environment and that her supervisor turned a blind eye to what was going on. The recommended findings of fact, opinion and decision, and order in Lora Abbott Seabury v. Rensselaer County et…
Read More Supervisor’s Inaction Leads to Substantial Award for Victim of Sexual HarassmentLast week in Kelly v. Howard I. Shapiro & Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C. the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s retaliation claims. The facts, however, are not quite typical: [Plaintiff] quit her job as a human resources manager at her family business after complaining about an affair that one of her brothers, a vice president…
Read More Second Circuit Rejects “Sexual Favoritism” Claim And Clarifies The “Objectively Reasonable Belief” Element Of RetaliationEveryone knows that drivers who text and talk on their cell phones do so at their peril. Consequences range from tickets and driver license “points” to death. But a recent decision by a Brooklyn trial court in Miller v. Lewis, 40 Misc.3d 490, highlights the dangers of cell phone use by pedestrians. (More information on this issue can be…
Read More Struck Pedestrian’s Cell Phone Records Admissible