Employment Law Firm Services
- Advising on compliance with state and federal employment laws and regulations relating to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).
- Counseling on attendance, leave and accommodation issues, including development and application of policies pertaining to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), state/local leave laws and workers’ compensation laws.
- Providing guidance on federal, state, and local wage and hour issues such as overtime, DOL audits and regulations, intern rules, independent contractor agreements, commission schedules and FLSA regulations.
- Developing and implementing federally mandated policies, including Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity policies.
Halpern & Scrom provides the employment law services you need to maintain a safe and compliant environment. To learn more about our employment law firm services, click on the topic you want to learn more about from the selection below:
Indefinite Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA?
Dec 18, 2013
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), there is a liberal standard for determining whether an accommodation is considered “reasonable”...
New York City Requires Employers to Accommodate Pregnant Employees
Dec 18, 2013
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “NYC Law”) into law which modified the New York City’s Human...
Unemployment Discrimination – The Law
Dec 13, 2013
A. Federal Law Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, disability, national origin, sex/pregnancy, race/color, religion, genetic...
New York State Department of Labor Publishes Final Wage Deduction Regulations
Oct 15, 2013
The New York State Department of Labor published its final regulations governing employee wage deductions, effective as of October 9, 2013. These...
New York Unemployment Insurance Reforms
Oct 15, 2013
The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) has recently made significant changes to the New York Unemployment Fund. The DOL’s reforms alter the...
Domestic Service Workers to Receive Minimum Wage and Overtime
Oct 13, 2013
On September 18, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division released its final regulation, which extends minimum wage and...
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