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1099'ers are Now Covered by NY Sexual Harassment Law
If you're being sexually harassed, subjected to unwelcome sexual attention, a hostile work environment due to your sex - up until April 2018, you wouldn’t be covered if you weren't a W-2 employee.
Motherhood penalty causes gender pay disparity
If your company doesn’t correct what they are doing that is discriminatory toward you as a result of your pregnancy, which is inseparable from who you are as a woman obviously, you wanna be in a position where they would have to make you happy in the separation. If you have to get a divorce from your company, you want to be able to leave with your head held high, and your shoulders squared.
No fault attendance policies often illegally discriminate against pregnant women
It's the law, it's the federal law if your employer has 15 employees, and if you work, depending on where you work, if you work in New York State, four employees. But chances are, if you work for an employer with at least 15 employees, you’re covered and it’s illegal when your employer disciplines you, or fires you because of their no-fault policy when you are pregnant.
Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act now is much more protective for pregnant employees
If you work for a small employer in Connecticut, and your employer isn't being flexible with you during your pregnancy, isn't allowing you to sit down occasionally, or to take time to go to doctors, or to take a maternity leave; or when you come back from maternity leave, to express milk at work for your baby - all of this is now required by the Connecticut Human Rights Law with regard to your sex and your pregnancy.
NYS Sexual Harassment Law 2018 Revisions
Even if there is only one employee, one 1099 employee and that's you, and you are being sexually harassed, you can fight back. Also under the same new revised law, effective July 2018, mandatory arbitration will no longer be mandatory for sexual harassment claims in New York.
NY now permits sexual harassment claims against small employers
If you are being sexually harassed and you work for an employer in New York, it doesn't matter now how small your employer is. Even if there is only one employee, and you’re that employee, and you're experiencing unwanted sexual attention - any kind of sexualizing conduct, or sexist hostility - you can now hold your employer accountable. And, if you prevail, you are entitled to your attorney fees for holding their feet to the fire.
FMLA, No. Maternity Leave, Yes.
#NYCStripperStrike, too
Nurses are sexually harassed by patients too...
If you are a nurse and you are being sexually harassed by patients, its still illegal sexual harassment.
What will be the new minimum wage in New York City beginning December 31, 2017?
Starting this December 31, 2017, the minimum wage for workers in New York City (the 5 boroughs that comprise NYC) rises to $13 an hour.
Salary history questions are now illegal in NYC
Employers are now prohibited in NYC from prompting you, asking you, asking your prior employer, searching for publicly available information about your past salary history.
US federal employees of color are working in a hostile work environment
According to at least one employment lawyer's opinion, roughly 300,000 African-American federal employees right now are suffering in a hostile work environment.
Too Old to Rock and Roll
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act [“ADEA”] is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, or firing based on age decision [factors] if the employee in question is 40 or over.
Only 1 employee needed for sexual harassment in NY
If you are being sexually harassed in the workplace and you work for a tiny mom-and-pop employer with let's say 3 employees, what do you do?
Can You Express Milk in Your Workplace?
If you are returning from maternity leave and you are breastfeeding your baby, you are definitely entitled to pump milk, to express milk in your workplace, and your employer must accommodate that need.
Must Employers Meet the Reasonable Needs of Pregnant Employees?
Women Can’t Do Tech: The Big Sexist Lie That Won’t Ever Die
Women have played an instrumental role in computers and programming since Day 1. Learn how women have succeeded, despite being marginalized.
New York is Leading the Way on Gender Pay Equity
New York Paid Family Leave Program – What Are My Benefits?
Connecticut Breast Feeding Laws – Learn Your Rights
In the 3rd article in a series, Connecticut Women’s Rights Lawyer Jack Tuckner explains how Connecticut breastfeeding laws apply to working mothers.