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. […]
MSR Files Lawsuit on Behalf of LaserShip Delivery Drivers
Menken Simpson & Rozger LLP has filed a class and collective action complaint on behalf of delivery drivers jointly employed by LaserShip, Inc., and its various subcontractors in the State of New York. The complaint alleges that LaserShip, a “last-mile” courier company best known for its partnership with Amazon, purposefully misclassifies its delivery drivers as […]
Menken Simpson & Rozger LLP Continues its Fight for the Rights of Home Health Aides
Partner Jason Rozger and associate Raya Saksouk recently filed a motion in New York Supreme Court, Kings County, asking the court to certify a class of home health aides (“HHA’s”) employed by Americare Certified Special Services, Inc., and Americare, Inc. Like many other HHA’s in the industry, including many represented by MSR, the plaintiffs in […]