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Train managers to adopt poker face when facing complaint

06/01/2007

To avoid triggering retaliation lawsuits, train managers and supervisors on how to react to a complaint. First and foremost, explain that all complaints should be received professionally and without any apparent display of disappointment or emotion. Remind them: No comment allowed …

Employer statements to NASD can’t be the basis for defamation lawsuits

06/01/2007

Attention: HR pros in financial services firms: If you’ve worried that reporting a terminated employee’s alleged wrongdoing to the National Association of Securities Dealers might leave you open to a defamation lawsuit, relax.  The Court of Appeals of New York has ruled such statements are absolutely privileged …

Resigning for newfound faith doesn’t justify unemployment compensation

06/01/2007

New York employees who quit their jobs for good cause are generally eligible for unemployment compensation payments. But does a newfound faith requiring no Sunday work justify quitting? …

‘Lipstick bandit’ on the loose in NYC welfare office

06/01/2007

In something straight out of “Benny Hill,” a New York City welfare office manager overseeing 21 Human Resources Administration employees terrorized her female staff by chasing them around their desks, planting heavy lipstick smooches on their cheeks …

Discriminatory gap in pension law creates lawsuits

06/01/2007

The Centerport Fire District will pay over $350,000 to settle an EEOC age-discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of 22 volunteer firefighters who were denied pension credit for service after age 65 …

Riker’s Island sexual harassment case results in $1 million judgment

06/01/2007

A male corrections officer filed a sexual harassment suit against the city of New York for sexual advances made by a female captain at Riker’s Island …

She’s not very nice, but that doesn’t make the workplace hostile

06/01/2007

The U.S. District Court, Southern District, recently ruled that a few comments made by a supervisor to a disabled employee did not rise to the level of a hostile work environment …

HRD investigating discrimination in tax refund loans

06/01/2007

The New York Human Rights Division is investigating whether tax refund anticipation loans are discriminatory …

Stick it to the man! Wait, I am the man!

06/01/2007

A group formed to free restaurant workers from the yoke of exploitation is about to be sued for exploiting them in turn …

What to expect from New York’s new Workers’ Comp Reform law

06/01/2007

Although the Workers’ Compensation Reform bill recently signed into law provides just a skeletal outline of what New York’s workers’ comp program will one day look like, both business and labor groups are cautiously optimistic …