Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova
An immigration bond is an amount an immigrant has to pay to be released from the immigration detention. The usual situation involving an immigration bond would unfold when asylum seekers I detained at the border and placed in detention pending credible fear interview. If an asylum seeker passes an inter ...
Author: Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
It is unfortunate when people are taken advantage of by their superiors in America. It is even more unfortunate when they believe they must put up with this abuse because they are afraid of being deported, jailed or otherwise retaliated specifically because of their immigration status.
Le ...
Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
Sexual harassment in the workplace can be devastating, whether it is a supervisor asking you to go for drinks after work on multiple occasions, or in more serious cases the forcing of unwanted sexual acts from a supervisor. If you feel threatened or uncomfortable at work due to the advances of a co-w ...
Author: New York Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
Majority of employment discrimination cases are filed in Federal courts, and hence the disclosure of the information by the both sides would be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Sometimes, a question of whether to file a case a state or federal court is a strateg ...
Author: New York Employment Attorney Alena Shautsova
Thousands of US small and large business employ immigrants who the government calls “undocumented”. Those are men and women who earn their living and pay taxes but do not have a permit to work in the United State. They are not necessarily employed as agricultural or domestic workers. Quite ofte ...
Author: New York Employment Discrimination attorney Alena Shautsova
Workplace discrimination is one of the most unpleasant and upsetting things that may happen to anyone. One may think that in 21 century most employers are aware of the consequences of singling out an employee based on sex, race, place of origin, disability or age. The reality, how ...
Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
New York State and City laws, as well as Federal ADEA (“Age Discrimination Employment Act”) protect workers from age discrimination: it is illegal to subject employees to harassment, disparate treatment and retaliation.
Different laws provide different frames of protections, with the New York City l ...
Author: Sexual Harassment Attorney Alena Shautsova
Anthropology is the science that studies mankind in terms of physical and cultural
development including biological characteristics, social customs and beliefs. As in
many other scientific areas, scientists engage in fieldwork in remote and uncivilized
locations. According to an article in A ...
Author: Sexual Harassment Attorney Alena Shautsova
When sexual harassment occurs and involves individuals in notable government positions, it generally creates quite a scandal and can become high profile in the news. Such is the case with Assemblyman Vito Lopez who was accused of sexual harassment by two female staff members. Both claimed that he ...
Author: Discrimination Lawyer Alena Shautsova
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) initially passed by Congress in 1994, was re-authorized in 2000 and 2005. However, reauthorization expired in 2011. In February 2013 Congress reauthorized and passed a revised VAWA. Under the revised VAWA, provisions also extend to women on Indian reservations and ...
Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
Be Ready to Turn Over Social Media and Email Account Information in a Sexual Harassment Case
Judges routinely ask to review documents as part of discovery in a sexual harassment class action lawsuit. However, an interesting privacy issue emerged in one particular case where plaintiffs were seeking s ...
Author: Employment discrimination attorney Alena Shautsova
Sexual harassment at work is prohibited. Very often, however, female employees are afraid to go forward with the claims and complaints against their employer because they are afraid to lose their jobs, afraid that the employer will make a “bad name” for them and they will have hard time ...
Author: New York Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova
Many home attendants and home health aids in New York are not aware that under the New York State law they are protected against sexual harassment and discrimination. Unfortunately, the Federal Law, Title VII does not provide such protection because it requires an employer to employ 15 and m ...
Author: NY lawyer Alena Shautsova
As life shows, a person can become victim of sexual harassment at any place: big or large firm, private or public sector. Recent news on the subject just prove the point read the story here.
Frequently, victims do not go forward against their employers being afraid of scandals, future retaliation and gossips. Kno ...
Author: Discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova
As economic conditions change, sometimes job markets favor employees and sometimes they favor employers. The supply/demand ratio in the current market shows a greater supply than demand for employees, and unemployment rates are higher than the nation has seen for decades. Such conditions make it an emp ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova
Work-authorized non-citizens brought a lawsuit against Rose Acre Farms through the Department of Justice (DOJ) that alleged discriminatory employment practices.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as explained by the DOJ, does not allow employers to require additional or other than specified documentat ...
Author: discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova
Bullying has been a hot button in the news for some time, often providing detailed descriptions of the devastation that school children experience when they are victims of bullying. A particular bullying incident involving a Massachusetts high school student, Phoebe Prince, led to national media headli ...
Author: discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova
As long as actions are not discrimination based, employers can fire, demote, discipline, or take any other legitimate employment action against employees who are on a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) authorized leave. However, an employer cannot terminate you because you took an authorized FMLA leave.
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Author: Alena Shautsova
Marriage is a union of a man and a woman according to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law. However, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has just ruled that DOMA is unconstitutional.
States have been divided on gay marriages for some time now with some states passing laws that allow gay marriage ...
Author: discrimination attorney Alena Shautsova
Many women are in the workforce today, and despite holding jobs, many also plan on having families. Is it fair for an employer to deny women the same rights as other employees when they become pregnant? The answer is "no." Various laws that protect women's rights in New York include:
The Pregnan ...
Author: Law firm of Alena Shautsova
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy to create a work environment where women could earn the same pay as men for performing equivalent jobs. Despite the passage of this law, a large gender gap still exists between the pay that women and men receive in the United States. Acco ...
Author: Alena Shautsova
Freedom from discrimination based on race, color, nationality, religion, sex, age, or disability is an integral part of our civil rights laws. Most businesses are aware that such discrimination is illegal. However, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently updated a policy that affects how employers use cr ...
Author: NY discrimination lawyer Alena Shautsova
New York Universities are known for their liberal outlooks and welcoming attitudes toward diversity. The New York metropolitan area is one of the most international populations in the country, consisting of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, races, and religions. For this reason, one would not ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova
Sexual harassment has been an ongoing problem in the workplace since women became a significant part of the workforce and is considered harassment based on the person's sex. Sexual harassment can range from derogatory comments about a particular gender, such as "all women are..." to personal harassment toward ...
Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova
According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), e-verify is an Internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. At a federal level, e-verify is a voluntary system for employers. However, some states have rece ...
Author: criminal lawyer Alena ShautsovaNew York legislature amended its wage and hour law by the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) to 1) expand the notice of wage rate requirements that an employer must provide to its employees; 2) strengthen the rights of employees when an employer retaliates against them for taking an action against an employer f ...