Published in Buffalo Healthy Living, April 2016 by Lindy Korn, Esq. Do you remember your first job? Were you excited and eager to make a great impression? Did you look up to and respect your employer, believing in promises that your employer made to you? Did you know that if…
Warren Glover, 50, was fired as a security director in July, after ten years with the N.B.A., despite a glowing performance record, a recently filed lawsuit alleges (filed in New York State Supreme Court). However, after raising complaints of sexual harassment by his supervisor on behalf of women who were…
The Appellate Division, Second Department decided the case of Cheathem v. Ostrow, (2009-04453) on Nov. 21, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting the scope of cross-examination: At trial, the plaintiff testified that her employer, defendant Stephen Ostrow, required her to play the game “Simon…
By Lindy Korn Article appeared in Artvoice Love contracts: prenuptials to workplace romance A love contract policy establishes workplace guidance for dating or romantically involved co-workers. The purpose of the policy is to limit the liability of an organization or private employer in the event the romantic relationship turns sour,…
Article appeared in The Daily Record A jury on Feb. 29 unanimously awarded a female employee $168 million in damages and lost wages, believed to be the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in the U.S. history (Chopourian v. Catholic Healthcare West, E.D. Cal., No. CIV S-09-2972)….
Article appeared in The Daily Record, Friday July 30, 2004 Context is a critical factor when determining what constitutes a hostile environment in regards to a claim of sexual harassment. Determining what weight should be given to the factor of the type of workplace in which sexual harassment occurs is…
Article appeared in The Buffalo Jewish Review, July 2, 2004 When Amaani Lyle interviewed for a writer’s assistant position with Adam Chase and Gregory Malins, executive producers and writers on the NEC television show “Friends,” she stated on her application that she could type 80 words per minute, and was…
Article appeared in The Daily Record, June 28, 2004 On June 14, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Pennsylvania State Police v. Nancy Drew Suders, with Justice Ginsburg delivering the opinion of the court. As a Title VII plaintiff. Nancy Drew Suders, claimed she was constructively discharged from…
Article appeared in The Daily Record, April 26, 2004 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 86 percent of 17 year old students have a job for at least part of the year, and by age 19, that figure goes up to 91 percent. The University of Minnesota recently…
Article appeared in The Buffalo Law Journal, December 5, 2002 Individual liability for managers based on then-actions has been found based on section 296.6 of the New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL), which provides that: “It is unlawful for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing…
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