• posted: Aug. 07, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights,  Disability Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination,  Age Discrimination
• age discrimination,  disabi,  gender discrimination,  New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act,  New Jersey Employment Law Attorney,  New Jersey Mayor Jimmy Davis,  Patrick Leonard,  whistleblowing

City Worker fights for Fair Wages New Jersey – A male employee, Patrick “PJ” Leonard, working for the city of Bayonne, NJ has filed a lawsuit in Hudson County Superior Court Read More

• posted: Jun. 09, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Sexual Harassment,  Disability Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination,  Age Discrimination
• alienage,  caregiver,  citizenship status,  disability,  employment discrimination,  marital status,  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,  partnership status,  sexual orientation

On January 5, 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law legislation prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual’s actual or perceived status as a caregiver. A “caregiver” Read More

• posted: May 12, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Disability Discrimination

A woman who worked at a Long Island neurological surgery center has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for harassing and firing her after she revealed she had been Read More

• posted: Apr. 29, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Disability Discrimination

Most people are aware that disability discrimination is prohibited by City, State, and Federal laws. What most people are unaware of is that employees are also protected against discrimination based Read More

• posted: Mar. 24, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Disability Discrimination
• disability discrimination

Recently, a children’s hospital in California settled a disability discrimination lawsuit with a former employee who was fired because she needed extra time to receive treatment for breast cancer. According Read More