• 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. 17, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Hostile Work Environment,  Racial Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• equal pay,  family caregiver discrimination,  gender equality,  gender identity,  Patricia A. Shiu,  sex discrimination,  sex stereotyping,  U.S. Department of Labor

Women make up over 50 percent of the population in the United States and are a significant part of the workforce. Yet, discrimination based on gender (sex discrimination) remains prevalent. 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: Apr. 30, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights,  Racial Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• Donald Trump,  Hillary Clinton,  NBC News SurveyMonkey,  woman card

Hillary Clinton promotes the Woman Card Donald Trump recently gave a speech that included degrading remarks against his competitor’s, Hillary Clinton, presidential campaign. Trump alleged that Hillary’s primary focus in her Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  FMLA,  Gender Discrimination
• Governor Cuomo,  New York City Laws,  New York State paid family leave

The New York State budget for 2016-2017, which was proposed by Governor Cuomo, included a Paid Family Leave (PFL) policy. PFL, when fully-enacted, will allow employees to take up to 12 Read More

• posted: Jan. 19, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Sexual Harassment,  Employment Retaliation,  Hostile Work Environment,  Gender Discrimination
• Angel Santiago,  Bridgeton Police Department,  Carolyn Dover,  Conscientious Employee Protection Act,  Cumberland County,  Deanne Laing,  Deena Bertolini,  Kelly Queen,  Luis Santiago,  unwanted physical contact,  Veronica Cheeseman

Twin Police Officers link to Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit New Jersey – Twin police officers, Angel and Luis Santiago, were named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Cumberland County on Read More

• posted: Nov. 11, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Gender Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace is a form of illegal sex discrimination. According to the Commission, which passed the Read More

• posted: Nov. 03, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Gender Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently found that New York City discriminated against women and minorities, paying them substantially less than their white male counterparts. The Commission issued its 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. 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