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The Confidentiality Clause – The Abuse That Keeps on Giving by cjleclaire
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by Bill Cafaro | Jul 25, 2017 | confidentiality clause The First Amendment guarantees us the right to free speech, but unfortunately, it is generally legal to force employees (or anyone else) to sign this away. Businesses do this by making people sign confidentiality clauses to get hire... | 805 |
What Losses Does a Workers’ Compensation Cover? by cjleclaire
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 | 569 |
What Losses Does a Workers’ Compensation Cover? by Pyrros & Serres LLP | Jul 25, 2017 When you have been injured at work, your injuries can extend beyond the obvious ones. What happens if you slip and fall, breaking a bone, but also shattering your glasses or a tooth? What if your injury le... | 569 |
Queens Construction Site Accident Injures Workers in Long Island City by cjleclaire
Jul 26, 2017 | 0 | 636 |
by Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP | Jul 12, 2017 On June 26, when a scaffolding collapsed, six construction workers suffered injury at a Queens construction site accident in Long Island City. The incident occurred at 42-20 27th Street, between 42nd Road and Queens Plaza South, according to ... | 636 |
Race Discrimination Lawsuit: Rosebud Restaurants Settled, Paying $1.9 Million by cjleclaire
Jul 26, 2017 | 3 | 443 |
Author: NYC Employment Defense Attorneys In a race discrimination lawsuit, the EEOC sued Rosebud Restaurants and parties settled for the amount of $1.9 million. The EEOC brought a lawsuit against Rosebud, which operates 13 Italian restaurants in Chicago and nearby suburbs. The restaurants we... | 443 |
NEW YORK FIFA — THE FREELANCE ISN’T FREE ACT by cjleclaire
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 | 501 |
by Stephen D. Hans | Jul 6, 2017 | Employment Defense Attorney , The Freelance Isn’t Free Act What does FIFA mean for business owners? Small business owners in New York City already are under a lot of regulations, but even so, another one has been added to the list — FiFA, The Freelance I... | 501 |
NYC Carwash Law Ruled Illegal Due to Promoting Unionization by cjleclaire
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 | 481 |
Recently a NY federal judge ruled that the NYC Carwash law was illegal because it promoted unionization of carwashes. In 2015, the NYC Council passed a law to regulate car wash businesses. The Council believed the law would protect low wage car wash employees who were being denied proper wages ... | 481 |
What Is a Consequential Injury in a Workers’ Compensation Case? by cjleclaire
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 | 157 |
by Pyrros & Serres LLP | Jun 29, 2017 Understanding Consequential Injuries in Workers’ Compensation Cases New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers In the aftermath of a work-related injury, it’s pretty common to focus on the most obvious injuries you’ve suffer... | 157 |
Deadly Truck Accident in Long Island City, Queens by cjleclaire
Jul 12, 2017 | 0 | 562 |
by Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP | Jul 7, 2017 On Saturday, June 24 around 6:00 a.m., a car crashed into a tractor-trailer in Long Island City, Queens. According to CBS New York , the driver of the car crashed into a tractor-trailer, and the collision sheered off the top of the car as ... | 562 |
Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster – Bet They Wish They Had a Morals Clause, but What’s a Morals Clause? by cjleclaire
Jul 12, 2017 | 2 | 552 |
by Bill Cafaro | Jul 11, 2017 | According to the lawsuit he filed on Friday, July 7, 2017, Simon & Schuster refused to publish his most recent book, Dangerous , because of allegations that public statements he made condoned pedophilia [1] . What’s a “Morals Clause” It’s a provisio... | 552 |
BOOK EXPO AMERICA 2017: Lots of great authors! by Milano52
Jun 14, 2017 | 0 | 1278 |
Article by Tiziano Thomas Dossena BEA’s annual encounter in New York (which by the way has missed a step last year by exhibiting in Chicago instead) started under a bad auspice on Wednesday, May 31 st . Our journalists encountered uncompleted booths, unreliable directions and basically no real ... | 1278 |