Information on MSR’s Lawsuit Against Sprout Mortgage
If you were affected by the recent shutdown of Sprout Mortgage, you should know that Menken Simpson & Rozger has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company and its CEO, Michael Strauss. The lawsuit alleges claims based on the company’s failure to pay employees for the three weeks of work prior to the […]
SCOTUS Rules Certain Transportation Workers are Exempt from Arbitration
Many companies force their employees to sign arbitration agreements in the hope that an arbitrator will be less generous to an employee than a jury. Worse, these arbitration agreements often require the employee to sign away their right to bring their case as a class action, which greatly reduces an employer’s chances of being held […]
Press Coverage of MSR’s Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit on Behalf of NYS Ethics Officer
Today, the Albany Times-Union published a front page article about MSR’s retaliation lawsuit against New York State on behalf of a former ethics officer who was fired after she filed a complaint with her supervisor’s approval flagging unethical behavior. She is now seeking $700,000 in damages and reinstatement to her former position. The case is […]
MSR Associate Raya Saksouk Presents on Disability Discrimination at NELA-NY Spring Conference
On May 6, 2022, together with the National Employment Lawyers Association, New York chapter, MSR associate Raya Saksouk presented a webinar on disability discrimination in the age of COVID-19. Ms. Saksouk’s presentation focused on legal advocacy for reasonable accommodations in the workplace, including accommodations related to Long Covid, mental health disabilities, and vulnerability to serious […]
A Huge Win for Disabled Employees
On March 25, 2022, Menken Simpson & Rozger LLP secured another legal victory for discrimination plaintiffs – this time in Malzberg v. New York University, 19-cv-10048 (S.D.N.Y.), a disability discrimination case brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the New York City Human Rights Law. Our client, Larry Malzberg, worked as a physician’s assistant […]
A Victory for Victims of Race and National Origin Discrimination
Menken Simpson & Rozger LLP is pleased to announce a legal victory in Bautista v. Chanel, Inc., et al., 1:20-cv-04676-LGS (SDNY), a Title VII and New York City Human Rights Law case brought on behalf of a former makeup artist and sales associate at the flagship Saks Fifth Avenue Chanel boutique. In an opinion issued […]
Working Parents: You Have Rights
Arranging for childcare has never been more complicated than during the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to childcare facilities closing down and schools switching back and forth between remote and in-person learning, the pandemic has forced many working parents to face “the difficult decision [of] whether to send their vaccinated and/or below-vaccination age […]
New Whistleblower Protections for Employees in NY
Until recently, New York State’s whistleblower law, Labor Law § 740, provided no protections to the vast majority of employees blew the whistle on unlawful behavior by their employers. In other words, if you were fired for blowing the whistle on your employer’s financial fraud, scamming of customers, or failure to follow important regulations, you […]
Educators, Reasonable Accommodations, and COVID
Teachers and professors returning to in-person instruction, particularly in areas of the country where COVID is running unchecked among the unvaccinated, face a difficult choice between returning to the classroom they love and protecting their health. Since remote teaching was the norm in many places in the past year, educators particularly vulnerable to COVID because […]
NYT Highlights the Plight of Home Health Aides
The New York Times recently ran an article about the death a home care worker from Covid, spotlighting the difficult awful conditions those workers must endure every day for very little pay. The employer the Times discussed, Americare, is one of the largest employers of home care workers, but their practices are far from unique. […]