Employment Attorney For Executives And Professionals

We represent professionals, executives, supervisory employees, and other white-collar employees in a vast array of labor, employment, and employee benefits matters in Manhattan and New Jersey, including, for example, the following:

• Manhattan Wrongful Termination Attorney
• Manhattan Contracts And Agreements
• Unpaid Bonuses Litigation
• Unpaid Commissions Litigation
• Manhattan Appeals
• New Jersey Wrongful Termination Attorney
• New Jersey Appeals

• I Am Disabled. Is My Employer In New Jersey Required To Accommodate Me Or My Disability?
• Can My Health Care Employer In Manhattan Fire Me For Disclosing Or Objecting To My Employer’s Improper Quality Of Patient Care Or Improper Quality Of Workplace Safety?
• Can An Employer In Manhattan Fire An Executive Or A Professional For Reporting Or Opposing Unlawful Activity By The Employer?
• To Sue His Or Her Employer In Manhattan, Should An Executive Or A Professional Retain An Employment Lawyer On A Contingent-Fee Basis Or, Instead, On An Hourly Rate Basis?
• Am I Entitled To A Religious Exemption From My Employer’s Requirement That All Of Its Employees In New Jersey Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• Am I Entitled To A Disability Exemption From My Employer’s Requirement That All Of Its Employees In New Jersey Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• Can An Employer In New Jersey Require An Executive Or A Professional To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• Am I Entitled To A Religious Exemption From My Employer’s Requirement That All Of Its Employees In Manhattan, NY Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• Am I Entitled To A Disability Exemption From My Employer’s Requirement That All Of Its Employees In Manhattan, NY Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• Can An Employer In Manhattan, NY Require An Executive Or A Professional To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19?
• What Is The Value Of My Claim For Wrongful Termination Against My Employer In New Jersey?
• What Is The Value Of My Claim For Wrongful Termination Against My Employer In Manhattan?
  
• Must My Employer In Manhattan Explain To Me How My Employer Computed The Compensation That It Paid To Me?
• May My Employer In Manhattan Prohibit Me From Asking About Discussing Or Disclosing My Salary Or The Salary Of Another Employee?
• Can My Employer In New Jersey Lawfully Require Me To Undergo, At Work, A Test For COVID-19?
• My Employer In New Jersey Is Allowing Me To Work At Home. Must My Employer Pay Me The Same Salary Or Hourly Rate That I Earned When I Worked At The Employer’s Office?
• The Government Has Required My Employer In New Jersey To Close Temporarily Because Of COVID-19 Or Another Pandemic. Nonetheless, Must My Employer Pay Me My Hourly Rate?
• I Have COVID-19 So I Called In Sick To My Employer In New Jersey. Must My Employer Pay Me While I’m Out Of Work?
• During A Pandemic, I Reported Feeling Ill At Work Or I Called In Sick. How Much Information May My Employer In New Jersey Ask Of Me Either During This Pandemic Or At Any Other Time?
• May My Employer In New Jersey Suspend Me Without Pay For Contracting COVID-19?
• During A Pandemic, Must My Employer, In New Jersey, Allow Me To Work Remotely?
• Can My Employer In Manhattan Lawfully Require Me To Undergo, At Work, A Test For COVID-19?
• My Employer In Manhattan Is Allowing Me To Work At Home. Must My Employer Pay Me The Same Salary Or Hourly Rate That I Earned When I Worked At The Employer’s Office?
• The Government Has Required My Employer In Manhattan To Close Temporarily Because Of COVID-19 Or Another Pandemic. Nonetheless, Must My Employer Pay Me My Hourly Rate?
• I Have COVID-19 So I Called In Sick To My Employer In Manhattan. Must My Employer Pay Me While I’m Out Of Work?
• During A Pandemic, I Reported Feeling Ill At Work Or I Called In Sick. How Much Information May My Employer In Manhattan Ask Of Me Either During This Pandemic Or At Any Other Time?
• May My Employer In Manhattan Suspend Me Without Pay For Contracting COVID-19?
• During A Pandemic, Must My Employer, In Manhattan, Allow Me To Work Remotely?
• What Rights To Equal Pay Does An Executive Or A Professional Have In Manhattan?
• What Rights To Equal Pay Does An Executive Or A Professional Have In New Jersey?
• Do I Have A Claim For Wrongful Termination Against My Employer In Manhattan?
• What Is An Employment Agreement Or An Executive Employment Agreement In Manhattan?
• What Are The Key Issues An Executive Or A Professional Should Consider In Negotiating An Employment Contract, Or Executive Compensation, In Manhattan?
• Can An Attorney Help Me Negotiate A Higher Severance Agreement In Manhattan?
• What Types Of Discrimination In Employment Against Executives And Professionals Are Prohibited In Manhattan?
• I Am Disabled. Is My Employer In Manhattan Required To Accommodate Me Or My Disability?
• What Rights Concerning Leave From Work Does An Executive Or A Professional Have In Manhattan?
• Am I An Employee Or An Independent Contractor In Manhattan, NY?
• Why Does It Matter Whether I Am An Employee Or An Independent Contractor In Manhattan?
• Do I Have A Right To My Unpaid Salary In New York State?
• What Are My Rights When I Am Being Investigated For Harassment By My Employer In Manhattan?
• What Will My Lawyer Require from Me When Suing My Employer In Manhattan?
• How Can An Attorney Assist Me If I Have Been Accused Of Harassment At Work In Manhattan?

Three Lesser Known Manhattan, NY Labor Laws to Discuss with Your Employment Attorney

1. The Five-Day Separation Letter

Manhattan requires employers to provide a written letter notifying an employee of their official separation, regardless of whether the employee resigned, was terminated, or was laid off. Employers must notify the exiting employee in this letter of the exact date of the end of their employment and the date that the cancellation of their employee benefits will take place. This notification letter must be mailed to the employee by the employer with five days of separation.

It is also required for the employer to give the five-day letter along with a Record of Employment form from the Manhattan Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division. The employer must fill out the top section of this Record of Employment form before providing it to any exiting employee, whether or not they were involuntarily terminated. If you separated from your employment and were not provided a five-day letter or a Record of Employment, consider contacting a Manhattan employment lawyer to discuss your options.

2. Three Hours of Paid Voting Leave in Manhattan, NY

Until recently, employees in Manhattan were entitled to leave their jobs for two hours in order to exercise their right to vote. However, this law was amended in 2019 and now, Manhattan employers are required to give any employee who is registered to vote three hours of paid leave to go vote. This voting leave has be used either at the beginning or the end of the employee’s shift, rather than in the middle. Additionally, employees who wish to leave to vote must notify their employer in advance, at least two business days before the election.

There used to be an additional law stating that any employee who had four or more consecutive hours of access to the polls before or after their working hours was not entitled to any paid voting leave. This rule has been done away with. Refusal of an employer to grant a request for paid voting leave is now a criminal misdemeanor. If you were refused your right to paid voting leave in Manhattan, NY, contact an employment law firm.

3. Updated Manhattan, NY Sexual Harassment Training and Policy Laws

For many years, very few states were requiring employers to provide any amount of sexual harassment training to their employees. In recent years, however, there has been pressure to mandate this training all across the country. Since late 2018, employers in Manhattan have been legally required to provide all employees with either state-provided sexual harassment training, or with their own customized training program, which must comply with certain state standards.

Employees must be retrained on an ongoing annual basis. All sexual harassment training must clearly explain what sexual harassment is, including providing examples of unlawful sexual harassment. It must also provide information about relevant laws concerning sexual harassment in the workplace and the remedies that are available to victims. If you have been accused of sexual harassment at work and you did not receive training from your employer, consult an experienced Manhattan, NY employment lawyer immediately.

Executives, professionals, managerial employees, and other white-collar workers in Manhatan and New Jersey:

• Do you believe you have been wrongfully terminated?
• Have you been fired, denied a promotion, demoted, denied employment, or suffered discrimination in compensation or in the terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of your actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, pregnancy, gender identity and gender expression, disability, marital status, domestic partnership status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, sexual orientation, alienage, citizenship status, arrest or conviction record, credit history, domestic violence victim status, sex offenses victim status, or stalking victim status?
• Has your employer retaliated or discriminated against you for opposing any illegal practices or acts or for filing a harassment or discrimination complaint?
• Are you owed unpaid wages, unpaid commissions, or unpaid bonus(es)?
• Are you negotiating your employment contract or a business agreement?
• Is your employer internally investigating you for unlawful sexual harassment, other unlawful workplace harassment, or other misconduct?
• Has your employer failed to make reasonable accommodation to your needs as a person with disabilities?
• Do you have any other type of dispute with your employer?

If so, contact a Manhattan Employment Attorney for Executives and Professionals at the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC today. At the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC, we will work hard, and we will utilize our extensive experience, to enforce your rights, obtain for you the compensation that is owed to you, and/or secure, for you, the executive compensation that you deserve.