• posted: Jul. 15, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

An inspector general investigation has found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promoted an employee to be the Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Homeland Security, despite the fact Read More

• posted: Jul. 15, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

Supreme Court rules in favor of woman denied job at Abercrombie because of headscarf On June 1st, the Supreme Court ruled that Abercrombie and Fitch violated Title VII of the Civil Read More

• posted: Jul. 15, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Fair Labor Standards Act,  Employee Rights

State-appointed panel says fast-food restaurants should raise minimum wage to $15 A state-appointed minimum wage panel recently came to the conclusion that the minimum wage for fast-food workers in New York Read More

• posted: Jun. 17, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

Nonprofit to pay $75,000 for having a “no pregnancy in the workplace” policy United Bible Fellowship Ministries, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for individuals with disabilities, will pay $75,000 to Read More

• posted: May 13, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

On April 8th, President Obama’s Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination went into effect. The order prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against applicants or employees based on their Read More

• posted: May 05, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

The New York City Council recently passed Intro 261A, a bill that prohibits most employers from basing hiring and employment decisions on credit history. The Councilmember who sponsored the bill, Brad Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employee Rights
• Employee Rights

On March 25, 2015 the United States Supreme Court vacated the decision of the lower court, sending a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit back to that court for trial. The decision will Read More

• posted: Mar. 20, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employee Rights
• Employee Rights

A new bar in Barcelona, Entrepanes Díaz, has made headlines for only hiring waiters over the age of 50. The move is an unusual one for a business in the Read More

• posted: Feb. 25, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

A recent lawsuit and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint have caused the Justice Department to clarify the stance of the federal government on gender identity discrimination in the workplace. Leyth Read More

• posted: Feb. 24, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

On February 9th, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that food company Sara Lee discriminated against black employees at a facility in Paris, Texas. According to the Commission’s findings, Read More