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New York

Horror show of hazards earns OSHA citations in Brooklyn

07/08/2016
A Brooklyn construction company, faces $49,200 in fines for 21 serious workplace safety standard violations following an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of a six-story building the company was constructing.

NYC human rights commission recognizes 31 genders

07/08/2016
The list includes terms such as “androgynous,” “gender bender,” “gender gifted,” “third sex” and “pangender.”

N.Y. says Domino’s has been late on delivery of wages

07/08/2016
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed suit against Domino’s Pizza affiliates and three franchisees, alleging widespread violations of state wage-and-hour laws.

You don’t have to fire just because of one comment

07/08/2016
Employers are required to take reasonable steps to stop comments that are particularly offensive. That doesn’t automatically mean you have to fire an offensive employee. You can discipline instead and hope that fixes the problem.

Fired Muslim cop sues NYPD over beard ultimatum

07/08/2016
A 10-year veteran of the New York Police Department is suing after being fired for refusing to shave his beard.

You have until December to comply with new overtime regulations

06/09/2016
Following two years of development and debate, the U.S. Department of Labor in May released a sweeping overhaul of the regulations for paying overtime to exempt, white-collar employees.

OSHA releases sweeping illness/injury reporting rule changes

06/09/2016
Most employers have little interaction with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency tasked with overseeing workplace safety. Unless they were one of about 36,000 employers OSHA inspected last year, most businesses, particularly smaller businesses, may have gone for many years without dealing with the agency. That is about to change.

Lowe’s settles disability bias claim with EEOC for $8.6M

06/09/2016
National home-improvement chain Lowe’s has settled charges it violated the ADA when it terminated employees after they exhausted the amount of leave the company permitted.

Target warehouse workers allege overtime law violations

06/09/2016
Retail giant Target could face a class-action lawsuit in federal court in New York.

DOL to appoint fiduciary for abandoned Bronx 401(k)

06/09/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Admin­istration has asked a federal court to appoint a fiduciary for the 401(k) plan at Astro Communications, a Bronx telecommunications firm.