Article appeared in The Buffalo Jewish Review, June 4, 2004 A supervisor who had worked for a company for 18 years claimed she was wrongfully terminated when she was accused of gross violation of company policies for counseling a subordinate based on her religious beliefs that opposed the subordinate's homosexuality.…
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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…
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Article appeared in The Buffalo Jewish Review, February 6, 2004 A male warehouse employee who was fired for wearing an earring could not sue for sex discrimination, even though an unwritten policy allowed female workers to wear similar jewelry, a State Supreme Court has held. The employee was fired after…
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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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