• 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.
• Employment Law,  Fair Labor Standards Act

Female workers file a class-action sexual harassment lawsuit against Ford Recently, thirty-three female workers have joined a class-action lawsuit against Ford Motor Co., claiming that the company failed to take action 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: 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

• posted: Feb. 11, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

On December 3rd, 2014, the Supreme Court heard a pregnancy discrimination case that will help define the requirements of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. The case was brought forward Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights

If you are unemployed, you may worry about whether your work status will negatively impact your job search. You should know that in New York City, employers are prohibited from Read More

• posted: Sep. 09, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment,  Employment Law

A powerful democrat, Vito Lopez, resigned from his position as a Brooklyn Assemblyman after an ethics panel reported on his sexual harassment of female members of his staff. The harassment Read More