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2024-09-27: Firm Wins of Appeal of Civil Service Disqualification
2024-09-10: FMLA Interference Clarified by Appellate Court
2024-09-03: Employees Face New Hurdles for State Law Labor Law Claims in Federal Court
2024-05-20: Firm’s Unusual First Amendment Case to Head to Trial
2024-04-24: Federal Government to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements in the Nation
2024-04-18: SCOTUS Issues Monumental Employment Law Decision
2024-04-01: Appellate Court Issues Another Employee Friendly Decision
2024-03-19: Can Public Employees Unintentionally Convert Their Private Facebook Account Into a Public Forum Subject to the First Amendment?
2024-02-16: Threatening a Lawsuit May be Retaliation
2024-01-10: 2024 Changes to Employment Law in New York
2023-11-02: Employment Law Firm Launches Revamped Website
2023-08-30: Second Circuit Rejects Severe or Pervasive Standard for Retaliatory Hostile Work Environment Claim
2023-08-29: Appellate Court Upholds $17.78 Million Verdict for EMTs and Paramedics
2023-08-24: Employment Lawyer Weinick Sworn In As Mediator For Manhattan’s Federal Court
2023-06-09: Discrimination Case Against Volunteer Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary to Proceed to Hearing Before Judge
2023-03-23: Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Clauses in Severance Agreements Declared Unlawful
2023-02-23: High Income Earners May Be Entitled to Overtime
2022-11-02: Weinick Sworn in to Federal Mediator Panel
2022-09-28: Firm Celebrates a Decade of Super Lawyers Selections, Opens Mediation Services Practice Area
2022-02-15: Congress Passes Law Prohibiting Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Cases
2021-12-28: Updates to New York’s Whistleblower Law
2021-09-23: Judge Lifts Order Blocking NYC Vaccine Mandate
2021-09-15: Judges Block New York Vaccine Mandates
2021-08-28: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate FAQ
2021-08-03: University Can Mandate Covid Vaccine for Students
2021-07-30: What is the New York HERO Act?
2021-07-28: Employment Lawyers Hire Summer Law Student Intern Danielle Jacobs
2021-07-19: NYC Enacts Mandatory Retirement Plan Requirement for Employers
2021-07-01: Court Adopts Expansive View of the Meaning of Disability Under the ADA
2021-06-23: FDNY Does not Have to Accommodate Firefighters’ Disability
2021-06-14: Court Rules on First Apparent Challenge to Workplace Vaccination Requirement
2021-06-11: “Probable Cause” Obtained in Age/Disability Discrimination Case
2021-06-02: Can I be required to get vaccinated?
2021-04-28: Court Rules on Statute of Limitations for Unpaid Wage Cases
2021-04-01: Employment Lawyers Ask Supreme Court to Review Due Process Case
2021-03-30: Firm’s Religious Discrimination Case to Proceed to Administrative Trial
2021-03-03: Judge Rules Firm’s Case Against Long Island Fire Department Can Proceed
2021-03-01: EEOC Publishes 2020 Statistics
2021-02-25: New York City Requires Just Cause to Terminate Fast Food Workers
2021-02-10: FW Wins Arbitration Ruling
2020-12-16: Do Covid Vaccinations Implicate Employment Law Concerns?
2020-12-02: SCOTUS Rolls Back Deference to State COVID-19 Regulations
2020-11-12: New York Appellate Court Re-Affirms Constitutionality of Coronavirus Restrictions
2020-10-30: Does the First Amendment Protect Students’ Work Assignments as Speech?
2020-10-30: Hostile Work Environment Verdict Examined by Appellate Court
2020-10-28: Long Island Employment Lawyers Selected to Super Lawyers List
2020-10-05: Firm Wins Special Proceeding – Client Retains Health Insurance Benefits
2020-10-02: New York Paid Sick Leave Law Takes Effect
2020-08-28: Am I Being Paid Properly During Covid?
2020-08-21: Firm Obtains Favorable Decision in Medical Marijuana Case
2020-08-20: Jury Instructions and Damages in City Discrimination Claims
2020-07-13: First Amendment Bars Some Employment Discrimination Claims
2020-06-25: Firm’s Partner Picked to Head Employment Law Committee
2020-06-23: Government Updates Guidance for Employers During Coronavirus Pandemic
2020-06-19: Another Constitutional Challenge to Covid-19 Regulation Fails
2020-06-17: Sexual Orientation and Transgender Status Discrimination Now Unlawful Under Federal Law
2020-05-26: Lack of Immunity to Covid-19 May be a Disability under the ADA
2020-05-22: Are Social Distancing and Business Shutdown Orders Constitutional
2020-05-07: High Risk Employees and Covid-19
2020-04-30: Can Employers Require That Employees Take Covid-19 Antibody Tests?
2020-04-27: The Primary Beneficiary Test Strikes Again
2020-04-09: Courts Clarify Standards for Age and Race Discrimination Cases
2020-03-27: New York Court Rules Gig Drivers are Employees
2020-03-26: Do I Have to Report to Work If I am Worried About Contracting Coronavirus?
2020-03-23: La Ley de Primera Respuesta al Coronavirus de las Familias
2020-03-23: Nuevo York a Implementer Ley de Licensia de Empleados
2020-03-22: New York Employment Lawyers Start Lockdown Video Series
2020-03-19: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
2020-03-18: New York to Enact Coronavirus Employee Leave Law
2020-03-16: What Should Employees Do About Coronavirus (Covid-19)?
2020-03-11: Resign or Face Termination: An Adverse Action?
2020-03-07: Neutral Acts Can Support a Hostile Work Environment
2020-03-06: EEOC Suggests Coronavirus May Invoke Direct Threat Exception to Disability Discrimination Laws
2020-03-04: Hot Topic Discussion: The Intersection of Immigration, Employment, and Criminal Law
2020-02-28: Firm Defeats Plaintiff’s Attempt to Obtain Restraining Order
2020-02-05: More Judicial Guidance on Settling Unpaid Wage and Overtime Cases
2020-01-27: EEOC Publishes 2019 Charge Statistics
2020-01-22: Overtime Exemptions: Are Registered Nurses Exempt From Overtime Pay Requirements?
2019-12-06: Breaking News: Court of Appeals Issues Decision Concerning Settling Unpaid Wage Cases
2019-11-22: $221,980 Judgment in Sex Harassment Case
2019-11-08: Can my employer ask for my medical records?
2019-10-14: October 2019 Employment Law Report
2019-09-25: Associational Discrimination Under the Americans With Disabilities Act
2019-09-24: Department of Labor Updates Overtime Rules
2019-09-18: Employment Lawyers Obtain $294,000+ Settlement
2019-09-12: Long Island Employment Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers
2019-08-29: What is Labor Day?
2019-08-19: Sexual Harassment: Rights of the Accused
2019-08-19: Welcome Elisa!
2019-08-13: Discrimination Under the Constitution
2019-08-09: The Second Circuit Decides Case Concerning Sarah Palin’s Defamation Case Against the New York Times
2019-08-05: Amendments to New York’s Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Laws
2019-07-09: Update: Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Concerning President’s Twitter Account and First Amendment Speech
2019-06-04: Is Title VII’s Charge Filing Requirement Jurisdictional or a Mandatory Rule?
2019-05-01: $193,536 Ordered Paid By Employer in Wage Theft Case
2019-04-25: New York City Limits Employment Related Marijuana Testing
2019-04-19: Appeals Court Applies Stricter Test to Disability Discrimination in New York
2019-04-09: What Acts Can be Considered For a Hostile Work Environment Claim?
2019-04-04: Medical Marijuana Use and Disability Discrimination
2019-03-14: More Workers to be Eligible for Overtime
2019-03-07: Hostile Work Environments: Severe or Pervasive Standard Reviewed by Court
2019-03-04: Congress Seeks to Amend Age Discrimination Statute
2019-02-23: New York City Hair Discrimination
2019-02-21: Are Rumors About Sex in the Workplace a Hostile Work Environment
2019-02-06: Unpaid Interns? The Saga Continues
2018-12-10: Intimate Association: The Right to be Free From Government Intrusion Into Family
2018-12-07: I thought I can’t sue my employer?
2018-12-04: Firm’s Age Discrimination Case Against Investment Bank to Proceed to Hearing
2018-11-07: SCOTUS Sides with Employee in Firefighter Age Discrimination Case
2018-11-01: New York City Lactation Room Law
2018-10-05: Changes to New York State Sexual Harassment Law
2018-10-02: Shareholders can be Liable for Employees’ Unpaid Wages
2018-09-26: Weinick Appointed to Pro Bono Mediation Panel
2018-09-13: SuperLawyers Magazine Lists Long Island Employment Lawyers
2018-08-15: New York City’s Temporary Schedule Change Law
2018-08-09: Lack of Jurisdiction?
2018-08-08: Retaliatory Arrest Violates First Amendment
2018-08-06: Damages in an Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
2018-07-27: Can I be fired for what I do outside of work?
2018-07-20: Weinick named Vice-Chair of Employment Law Committee
2018-07-05: Looking at the Janus Decision’s Dissent
2018-07-03: New York Court Rules Delivery Drivers Not Employees
2018-06-28: Discussion of the SCOTUS Union Dues Case: Janus
2018-06-09: Masterpiece Cakeshop: SCOTUS Untangles a Collision of Rights
2018-06-04: First Amendment and Twitter
2018-05-30: Penalties for Unpaid Wages in New York
2018-05-29: Supreme Court Decides Case About Arbitration in Employment Cases
2018-05-24: “Drumbeat of Retaliation” Case Decided
2018-05-17: First Amendment Retaliation From Union Activity
2018-05-07: Employment lawyer Weinick to Teach Skills Class
2018-05-01: Employment Lawyer Weinick Admitted to Supreme Court
2018-04-26: Weinick Leads First and Second Amendment Discussion
2018-04-18: Employment Lessons From the Russia Investigation
2018-04-12: Did #MeToo Inspire Sexual Harassment Complaints?
2018-04-11: Are Service Advisors in New York Entitled to Overtime?
2018-04-11: Class Arbitration of Employment Disputes in New York
2018-04-11: Court Decides Unfair Labor Practices Case
2018-04-10: Employment Lawyer Peter J. Famighetti Rated 10.0
2018-03-12: Religious Discrimination Exceptions
2018-03-09: Twitter and the First Amendment
2018-03-03: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in New York
2018-02-23: Employment Benefits After Retirement
2018-01-30: Federal Judge Commends Firm’s Work
2018-01-30: Am I an Employee: The Threshold Question in Employment Discrimination
2018-01-23: State Claims Tolled While In Federal Court
2018-01-23: The “Weinstein Tax” Consequences
2018-01-19: Can My Job Require That I Get Vaccinated?
2018-01-04: Do I Get Paid for a Snow Day?
2018-01-02: 2018 Laws Taking Effect in New York
2017-12-27: Workplace Safety Issues
2017-12-27: New York Class Action Lawsuits
2017-12-21: Do I Have to Pay Interns?
2017-12-20: Arbitrating Employment Wage Cases
2017-11-28: Probable Cause for Disability Discrimination
2017-11-21: Punitive Damages Under New York City Human Rights Law
2017-11-01: $39,541 Judgment Obtained for Worker
2017-10-19: Is Perceived Alcoholism a Disability?
2017-09-27: Long Island Employment Lawyer Matthew Weinick
2017-09-27: Long Island Employment Lawyer Peter J. Famighetti
2017-09-20: Judge Grants FW’s Motion in Potential Class Action Case
2017-09-20: Long Island Employment Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine
2017-09-13: Employment Law Update Delivered by Weinick
2017-09-01: Weinick to Give Update on Employment Law
2017-08-30: Judge Recommends FW Client be paid $30,380
2017-08-23: Solicitation of Employment is First Amendment Speech
2017-07-29: Qui Tam Whistleblower Case
2017-07-28: Labor Law and Discrimination
2017-07-26: FMLA Retaliation Standard Relaxed
2017-07-17: Discrimination by Religious Employers
2017-07-05: FMLA Leave Case
2017-06-23: Independent Contractor or Employee
2017-06-19: Federal Retaliation Lawsuits
2017-06-14: Fair Workweek in New York City
2017-06-10: First Amendment School Case Decided
2017-06-02: Teacher Overtime Case Decided
2017-05-23: Weinick to be Special Instructor
2017-05-05: Criminal Conviction Discrimination Case
2017-04-28: Union Retaliation Case
2017-04-17: Employment Lawyers Garden City
2017-04-17: Employment Lawyers Freeport
2017-04-17: Employment Lawyers Carle Place
2017-04-11: Long Island Wrongful Termination Lawyers
2017-04-10: Long Island Retaliation Lawyer
2017-04-10: Overtime Pay in New York
2017-04-07: NY EEOC Attorney
2017-04-06: Section 75 Lawyers
2017-04-06: Employment Attorney Long Island
2017-04-05: Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
2017-04-05: ADA Reasonable Accommodation
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Suffolk County
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Nassau County
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Farmingville
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Bay Shore
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Farmingdale
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Greenlawn
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers East Northport
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Dix Hills
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Huntington
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Plainview
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Woodbury NY
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Syosset
2017-04-05: Employment Lawyers Melville
2017-04-04: Employment Lawyers Long Island
2017-04-03: NY Minimum Wage
2017-04-01: Firm Welcomes Thalia Olaya
2017-03-31: Weinick’s Article Published
2017-03-30: NY Gender Stereotype Discrimination Case
2017-03-28: Unpaid Wages and Overtime
2017-03-22: Trypanophobia? What’s That?
2017-03-01: Weinick Speaks at Bar Association Program
2017-02-13: Juries in Employment Cases
2017-02-12: What is FMLA Leave?
2017-02-01: Federal Judges: A Primer
2017-01-16: F&W Launches Employment Law Video Series
2017-01-11: Nassau Lawyer Publishes Weinick’s Employment Law Article
2016-12-20: Filing a Notice of Claim in New York
2016-11-30: F&W Achieves Dismissal of Student Discipline Charges
2016-10-25: $100,000 Judgment Obtained in Defamation Suit
2016-09-13: District Judge Confirms $366,000+ Award
2016-09-07: School Bullying Case Decided by Federal Court
2016-09-06: Cat’s Paw Theory Applied to Title VII
2016-08-24: Judge Recommends $366,000+ Award for F&W Client
2016-08-15: F&W Obtains Order Vacating Hearing Officer’s Decision Terminating NYC School Teacher
2016-08-08: Federal Judge Appoints F&W Partner Matt Weinick to Pro Bono Assignment
2016-08-02: Whistleblower Retaliation
2016-06-21: Understanding Hostile Work Environment
2016-06-08: Wrongful Termination Explained
2016-06-01: Weinick Selected to Top 40 Under 40
2016-05-19: Help! I Have to Testify at a Deposition!
2016-04-27: Supreme Court Decides “Perceived” First Amendment Case
2016-04-26: “Deflategate” is an Employment Case
2016-04-21: F&W Civil Rights Case Receives Press Coverage
2016-04-08: Weinick to Return to Hofstra as Adjunct Professor
2016-03-17: F&W Partner Matt Weinick Speaks at SUNY Old Westbury
2016-03-15: WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AT WORK
2016-02-25: FMLA Retaliation Standard Decided by EDNY Court
2016-02-06: The Mediation Solution
2016-01-28: Firm Obtains Emergency Order for Disabled Veteran
2016-01-11: Weinick’s Article Published in Nassau Lawyer
2015-12-23: Caregivers to Receive Discrimination Protection in NYC
2015-12-21: F&W Wins Motion to Dismiss Counter-Claim
2015-12-08: 2015 F&W Newsletter
2015-12-01: Weinick Leads Students in Constitutional Rights Discussion
2015-11-23: Daily News Reports about F&W Case
2015-11-04: Seventh Circuit Questions Long Established Test for Discrimination
2015-10-21: Revisions Coming to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
2015-10-21: Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA
2015-09-21: Matt Weinick Receives 10.0 Rating
2015-09-16: Famighetti & Weinick Partners Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine
2015-09-04: Appellate Court Clarifies Employment Laws
2015-09-01: Discrimination Still Prevalent in Male Dominated Workplaces
2015-08-25: Employment Discrimination Lawyers
2015-08-20: Another Mis-classification Case
2015-08-14: Matt Weinick Selected as Law School Instructor
2015-08-14: Federal Court Upholds $100,000 Jury Award to Lesbian Plaintiff
2015-07-06: Public Employees’ Rights
2015-07-06: Civil Rights
2015-07-03: Second Circuit Rejects “Stray Remark” Argument
2015-07-03: Reports of More Trouble for Employees Using Facebook
2015-07-03: Supreme Court Rules 8-1 in Favor of Employees’ Rights
2015-07-03: Court sides with Muslim woman in workplace discrimination case
2015-07-03: 4 ways the new overtime rules may affect your paycheck
2015-07-03: ‘Pregnant Then Screwed’: Project Reveals Epidemic of Pregnancy Discrimination In The Workplace »
2015-07-03: Second Circuit Overturns Prior FLSA Retaliation Decision
2015-07-03: Federal jury awards woman more than $13 million in employment discrimination lawsuit »
2015-07-03: Court Rules That Payment Of Overtime Wages Pursuant To A Department Of Labor Audit Does Not Preclude Affected Employees From Overtime Claims Under The FLSA | JD Supra »
2015-07-03: NYC should pay $246M to female minority employees over discrimination: commission »
2015-07-03: Employees Sue Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Over Minimum Wage Violations »
2015-07-03: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Defeats Defendants’ Attempts to Dismiss Claim
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Wins Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement
2015-07-02: Novartis unit hit with $110 mln gender discrimination suit »
2015-07-02: Woman Says Investment Bank Fired Her Less Than Two Weeks After She Said She Was Pregnant »
2015-07-02: More Famighetti & Weinick News Coverage
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC in the news
2015-07-02: NY Governor’s Administration to Raise Tipped Wage to $7.50 »
2015-07-02: Coming soon: A change in who gets overtime pay »
2015-07-02: What Sexual Harassment at Work Really Looks Like »
2015-07-02: 6 Things to Know About Workplace Sexual Harassment – US News »
2015-07-02: Unique Perspective From Juror in Sexual Harassment Trial
2015-07-02: EEOC Seeks to Improve Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Process | JD Supra »
2015-07-02: Unpaid interns: An endangered species? »
2015-07-02: It’s time to start talking about pregnancy discrimination »
2015-07-02: The impact of sexual harassment goes far beyond the incident »
2015-07-02: Kmart Will Pay $102,048 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit | The National Law Review »
2015-07-02: Nassau Lawyer Publishes Weinick’s Article About Sexual Harassment Law
2015-07-02: McDonald’s Has Another Fight On Its Hands »
2015-07-02: Matt Weinick to Co-Present CLE
2015-07-02: New York Appellate Court Broadly Interprets State’s Human Rights Law
2015-07-02: Argument preview: Title VII and the EEOC’s efforts to seek good faith conciliation »
2015-07-02: Retaliation is the new discrimination under the National Labor Relations Act. | Lexology »
2015-07-02: Holder announces Title VII covers transgender discrimination »
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Newsletter »
2015-07-02: The FW Logo. Why Orange?
2015-07-02: Wal-Mart faces new pregnancy discrimination charges »
2015-07-02: Pregnancy Discrimination Case to Proceed to Trial
2015-07-02: Justrite Manufacturing Company to Pay $418,000 | JD Supra »
2015-07-02: FYI Abercrombie: Discrimination Is So Out of Style »
2015-07-02: Supreme Court rules no worker pay for security screening »
2015-07-02: 6 Things Working Women Need to Know About Pregnancy Discrimination: Decoding Young v UPS »
2015-07-02: Maxim Healthcare Services Will Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit | JD Supra »
2015-07-02: Supreme Court to determine workplace pregnancy protections for moms-to-be »
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Relocates Offices
2015-07-02: Carteret to pay EMT $1 million to settle sexual harassment suit; 4 firefighters face charges »
2015-07-02: Jury Orders AutoZone To Pay Former Employee $185M For Pregnancy Discrimination »
2015-07-02: Volunteer first responders protected under new law – FASNY »
2015-07-02: Former Queens teacher who accused principal of sexual harassment settles suit for $115,000 »
2015-07-02: Transgender federal employee wins historic discrimination case »
2015-07-02: Weinick Named Feature Presenter at Disability Seminar
2015-07-02: Age Discrimination In Employment | JD Supra »
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Nominated for Best of Long Island
2015-07-02: Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine
2015-07-02: The New Protected Class: Unpaid Interns (Are They Worth the Trouble?) | JD Supra »
2015-07-02: Agencies Are Increasingly Dismissing Discrimination Claims for the Wrong Reasons »
2015-07-02: If She Don’t Win It’s a Shame: Female Executive Sues New York Mets for Pregnancy Discrimination »
2015-07-02: New Book Discusses Discrimination in the Workplace »
2015-07-02: Community and Civil Rights Organizations Celebrate Suffolk County Legislature’s Vote to Strengthen Human Rights Law | LongIsland.com »
2015-07-02: New York City Paid Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect; See Where You Stand »
2015-07-02: Workplace First Amendment Cases in the News: Part 1
2015-07-02: Small Victory for New York Whistleblowers
2015-07-02: Interns Are People Too
2015-07-02: Appellate Court Confirms City Human Rights Law Does Not Tolerate Discrimination
2015-07-02: Think Discrimination is a Thing of the Past? Think Again.
2015-07-02: Facebook Strikes Again
2015-07-02: The Dangers of Employees Using Facebook
2015-07-02: Resources available
2015-07-02: Matt Weinick Wins First Amendment Case
2015-07-02: Civil Rights Lawyers Join Forces to Open New Firm »
2015-07-02: Grand Opening
2015-06-29: Employment Discrimination
2015-06-29: Wage & Overtime
2015-06-29: Hostile Work Environment
2015-06-29: Retaliation
2015-06-29: Wrongful Termination
2015-06-29: Appeals
2015-06-29: Small Business Services
2015-06-29: Sexual Harassment

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