• posted: Aug. 28, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Employment Retaliation,  Employee Rights,  Hostile Work Environment,  Racial Discrimination
• Civil Rights Act of 1964,  EEOCX Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizing Inc.,  frontier hot dip galvanizing inc,  race discrimination,  racial comments,  Title VII,  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  workplace misconduct,  workplace retaliation

Endless Racial Remarks reported to the EEOC Buffalo, NY – Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizind a lawsuit alleging a hostile work environment on the basis of race. The metal coating company denies the 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. 15, 2016
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Hostile Work Environment,  Racial Discrimination
• equal pay,  family caregiver discrimination,  gender equality,  gender identity,  Patricia A. Shiu,  sex discrimination,  sex stereotyping,  U.S. Department of Labor

For a very long time, the 4th Circuit had set a very high standard holding that a hostile work environment claim cannot survive unless it was pervasive and on-going. This 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: Mar. 31, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Hostile Work Environment
• hostile work environment

Hostile work environment occurs when harassment or unlawful discrimination creates an offensive, oppressive, or distressing atmosphere for an employee. It is illegal for an employer to allow a hostile work Read More