Are English-Only Rules in the Workplace Lawful?
Answer: Depends The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has stated that ‘English-only’ rules for workplace employees violate the law unless they are...
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Can An Employer Refuse to Hire an Applicant Based Upon An Arrest?
EEOC Answer: Depends The New York State Human Rights Law states that an applicant may not be denied employment or licensure because of his...
Read More ›What is Unemployment Discrimination?
According to the Pew Research Center, the unemployment rate among blacks is about double that among whites, as it has been for most of...
Read More ›NYPD Sergeant Files Notice to Sue
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that the...
Read More ›Female Cop ‘Strikes Back’ Filing $15 Mil. Notice to Sue
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that NYPD...
Read More ›Same Sex Sexual Harassment Actionable Under Title VII
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, color, religion and national origin....
Read More ›Cop Sues for $30M Alleging Discrimination
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 Million Dollar lawsuit that the NYPD fosters...
Read More ›What is Selective Prosecution?
The ‘equal protection’ clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forms the basis for the prohibition of selective prosecution whereas it reads: “All persons born or...
Read More ›Mount Vernon Police Officers File Claims for Retaliation
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., announces that Mount Vernon Police Officers file claims of retaliation for...
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