• posted: Aug. 18, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

Women now make up more than half of the workforce, and 60 percent of the mothers of children under the age of three now work. The income these women earn Read More

• posted: Jul. 22, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment,  Employment Law

There is an inherent tension in the acceptance of grooming codes as legal and permissible and the view that sexual stereotypes are impermissible discrimination. The courts do not apply the Read More

• posted: Jul. 21, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law,  Minimum Wage / Overtime
• Employment Law,  Minimum Wage/Overtime

If you are earning minimum wage, expect that rate to rise in the coming years. Recent media reports suggest that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to push for the Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

Whileracial discrimination is less severe today than it once was, it has not, by any means, vanished from the landscape. In fact, it is the most widespread basis for federal Read More

• posted: Jun. 13, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

Muslim employees who wear a hijab or need an appropriate space for prayers during the workday, as well as Jewish employees who take time off to observe the Sabbath or Read More

• posted: May 26, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

The “cussing” problem in the workplace has gotten so bad that a seminar is now offered to help people control their tongues. One Texas company decided to create a code Read More

• posted: May 19, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Uncategorized

Welcome to your Martindale Hubbell Website. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Read More

• posted: May 12, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

Nashana Riley was a 29-year-old personnel sergeant in the Army when she contracted a severe case of encephalitis and spinal meningitis that paralyzed her from the neck down. She re-learned Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Minimum Wage / Overtime
• Minimum Wage/Overtime

The good news for New Yorkers is that a minimum wage increase to $9 was recently approved by the New York Legislature. The minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour Read More

• posted: Mar. 12, 2014
• Zafer Akin, Esq.
• Employment Law
• Employment Law

In a 2005 phone survey, 44 percent of 1,200 employees who participated had been personally affected by domestic violence in their workplaces and 21 percent acknowledged that they were victims Read More