• 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.
• Employee Rights
• Employee Rights

A current civil rights lawsuit demonstrates that victims of gender discrimination are not always women. Male employees who worked for Ruby Tuesday have sued the restaurant chain for excluding them 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. 09, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment
• Beatrice Lozada,  Governor Andrew Cuomo,  Judge Robert Tuosto,  Long Island Fire Department,  Mayor Bill de Baliso,  New York Division of Human Rights,  unpaid interns,  volunteers

Volunteer Sexual Harassment | New York City Sexual Harassment Attorney While most people think sexual harassment requires a supervisor making sexual advancements against a subordinate that is not the only form. Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2015
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment

Employers have the responsibility to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Unfortunately, many neglect to do so. This is a mistake from a moral, legal, and financial standpoint, as they 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: Dec. 08, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employee Rights
• Employee Rights

In recent years, young CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg have created an increasingly youth-centered culture in the tech sector. At an event at Stanford in 2007, Zuckerberg made statements such as, Read More

• posted: Dec. 08, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment

Recently, a jury released a verdict awarding $499,000 to three employees who were negatively impacted by sexual harassment and retaliation at EmCare, a company that provides physician services. The company’s Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employee Rights
• Employee Rights

On October 2, 2014 the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.. The case involved a Muslim woman who applied for a 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