• posted: Oct. 30, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

The law states that employers must reasonably accommodate workers’ religious practices, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on their business. Several examples of reasonable religious accommodations include providing flexible Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment

According to a recent New Jersey Appellate Court decision, an employer’s policies against sexual harassment are ineffective if employees are unaware of them. On August 3rd, the New Jersey Appellate Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Fair Labor Standards Act

The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a lower court made a mistake when it decided that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated employment law by having unpaid production Read More

• posted: Oct. 09, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment,  Employment Retaliation

A federal appeals court recently upheld a jury verdict to award 1.5 million in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against New Breed Logistics, Read More

• posted: Oct. 08, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment

Can inappropriate comments alone be sufficient for a sexual harassment lawsuit? Recently, a young female employee of the Central Park Boathouse restaurant sued her married manager for sexual harassment, claiming that Read More

• posted: Oct. 07, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Gender Discrimination

In 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed its first two lawsuits that claimed that transgender discrimination was prohibited under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Read More

• posted: Sep. 23, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment

Con Edison recently agreed to pay $3.8 million to up to 300 female workers to settle a sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit. The suit, which was filed on the Read More

• posted: Sep. 22, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law

A growing number of workers have filed lawsuits against their employers, claiming that they should be classified as employees rather than free agents. Though the classification may seem nominal, it Read More

• posted: Sep. 11, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Gender Discrimination

The law says that employers are prohibited from turning a blind eye to sexual harassment in the workplace. But does it offer protections to job applicants as well? A lawsuit filed Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Gender Discrimination

A federal jury recently awarded $13 million to a former shipping supervisor who claimed that she faced six years of gender discrimination and harassment at Hunter Panels, a construction material Read More