Employment Law
A Glimpse of the New York and New Jersey Employment Lawyer’s Recent Publication New York City, New York – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Employment lawyer David S. Rich, founding member of The Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC, has recently released “Executives and Professionals in New York: Your Rights at Work.” The book informs executives and professionals who are employed in New…Read More
Through a peer-reviewed nomination process, New York and New Jersey attorney is recognized as a 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyer® (Employment and Labor). Englewood Cliffs, NJ — Attorney David S. Rich has been selected as a 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyer® (Employment and Labor). Super Lawyers uses a patented, multi-step nomination process that involves peer review and independent research to…Read More
A type of dispute which brokerage firms frequently arbitrate, before FINRA, against brokers concerns “transitional compensation” payments to brokers whom the firms have fired within a predetermined period of time. Such disputes are called promissory note, up-front bonus, recruiting bonus, forgivable loan, or employee forgivable loan ("EFL") cases. It is difficult, but by no means impossible, for a broker who…Read More
On November 16, 2018, New York City Local Laws 185 and 186 of 2018 ("Local Laws 185 and 186" or the "new Laws") became law. Effective March 18, 2019, the new Laws require employers in New York City with four or more employees (i) to provide, to their employees, a private room in which employees may express breast milk (a…Read More
Your company in New York, in paying wages to its employees, must comply with both New York State and federal wage-and-hour laws. Your business’s wage-and-hour practices are financially important. Your company’s compliance with state and federal wage-and-hour laws in compensating employees is particularly monetarily significant with regard to employee classification, including: Exempt versus non-exempt status for purposes of eligibility for…Read More
Highly paid salespersons on Wall Street typically are paid a substantial percentage of their yearly compensation in commissions. A commission is compensation based on a percentage of the dollar amount of the salesperson's orders or sales. If you would like more information, contact our New York City Unpaid Commissions Lawyer for help. Under state and federal law, the failure of…Read More
Periodically, your business in New York will want or need to terminate a worker’s or workers’ employment. Beginning well before such terminations, and throughout the working relationship, your company in New York must manage workers’ performance and misconduct in a manner that is likely to lessen the risk of lawsuits for wrongful termination. So, too, your business in New York…Read More
On January 18, 2018, New York City Local Law 59 of 2018 ("Local Law 59" or the "new Law") became law. Effective October 15, 2018, Local Law 59 of 2018 amends the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 8-101 - 8-131 (the "City Human Rights Law" or the "NYCHRL"), by creating an independent cause of action,…Read More
In 2016, New York State enacted a bill, N.Y. State Senate Bill No. 3004-A, N.Y. State Assembly Bill No. A. 3870A (the "paid family leave law") which, effective January 1, 2018, requires all private employers in New York State and many public employers in New York State to allow employees to take, and to return to their jobs after taking,…Read More
On May 30, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, into law, "Fair Workweek" legislation (collectively, the "new Laws," the "New York City Fair Workweek Laws," the "Fair Workweek Laws," or the "NYCFWWLs") which, effective November 26, 2017, substantially limits retail employers' and fast food establishments' discretion in scheduling work shifts for their employees. More specifically, these five…Read More