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Describe employment agreements in New York.

Employment agreements in New York are extremely important because once you’ve signed any type of agreement you’re bound by all of the terms of them. So you really need to understand whatever it is that you sign. Um, and, most often times, and I-, I would say, in almost every occasion you should probably have a lawyer review any employment agreement that you’re asked to sign before you sign it. I would say that that’s the, the paramount aspect of employment agreements. Employment agreements can be complex and they can contain any number of different things. The most important thing is that you understand what you sign. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is employment discrimination?

Employment discrimination is when your employer has subjected you to an adverse employment action with discriminatory animous. Meaning they had a discriminatory reason why they did something to you that made your workplace worse. They could demote you. They could terminate you. They could cut your pay, not give you your bonus. Put you deliberately in a hostile work environment. If any of those things happen to you and its coupled with discriminatory animous meaning its because you're a women, it's because you are of color, it's because you're from another country, it's because you have a disability, that's employment discrimination. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is a commission clause in an employment agreement?

A commission clause in an employment agreement is going to govern how you are compensated in part and often times they can be very vague and the employer can interpret it, so you need an attorney to really help you negotiate very specific terms of all your compensation that is within your employment contract so that you're very clear on what you're entitled to at the end of the year, whether it be commission, bonus or salary. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How do I get out of an employment agreement?

To get out an agreement that you've already signed, um, you should first immediately contact an attorney because you’ll need the assistance of an attorney in order to do that. You have a very brief window of time. Um. There is no bright line but you have a very brief window of time in which to claim, for instance, that you were forced to sign a contract, an employment agreement, etcetera, under duress. Um, if you felt you were forced to sign something under duress, you should contact an attorney and have that attorney assess the situation. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is an arbitration clause in an employment agreement?

An arbitration clause is a clause in an employment agreement, or often these days in an employee handbook that binds an employee to arbitrate their disputes, and prohibits them forever from filing a lawsuit in court. In some instances, the employee doesn't have a choice. If it's in the employee handbook, and you're asked to countersign handbook, you have created a contractual relationship with the employer, and you're bound by arbitration. If you're negotiating your own contract, you can perhaps negotiate the arbitration clause out of the contract. It's important because it limits your ability to go after your employer and you have to arbitrate your dispute, and you cannot file a lawsuit in court, and you cannot have a jury of your peers judge the facts of your case. You're giving up that right. It's a very important right in the United States. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is an employment class action lawsuit?

In the employment contacts a class action law suit is most often times involving wage and hours issues - where your employer hasn’t paid you overtime, or hasn’t paid you time and a half for that overtime, or in the state of New York hasn’t offered you the lunch break and certain deals that you’re entitled to. If that employer has treated a certain group of employees, say all of the secretaries who are paid hourly, the same way you can take certain of those employees and have them be representative of a class, which is the group of secretaries. And that is essentially what an employment related class action is. It can also arise in the discrimination context. But you need to have a class. In other words you need to have a large group of similarly situation people. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Should an attorney look at my employment agreement?

I believe that it is always important to hire an attorney or have an attorney review your agreement. Do you need to pay an attorney to review your agreement? Not necessarily so. But it would be my recommendation that you find an attorney, whether it be a friend or a family member, to review the language that you don't understand and have it explained to you. If you can't find someone it's worth it to spend a few hundred dollars and have an attorney review that agreement for you so that you understand it its entirety. Because many, many employees and former employees come to me and are shocked at what they had signed years and years ago and had no idea what they had signed and in fact - and in many cases hadn't even read it much less had it reviewed by an attorney. My name is Walker Harmon. I am the managing attorney of The Harmon Firm. If you believe you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is a typical employment class action lawsuit?

In the employment context, a typical class-action lawsuit would be one where the employer has failed to, and in some cases deliberately, knowingly failed to pay employees, hourly employees, overtime and time-and-a-half and also violated other rights that are available under New York statue such as your right to, for instance, take a lunch break. If your employer has done that to you and to a group of similarly situated people, say all dispatchers in a company...all phone dispatchers...or all people who clean in the building and work for the same company. If that employer has violated any of those rights that I have described, that would be a typical class-action lawsuit. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What should I NOT DO regarding employment agreements?

The number one mistake someone makes when it comes to employment agreements is first not reading it themselves and secondly not having it reviewed by an attorney so that they fully understand every aspect of the agreement. I find that many employees are so excited when they first get a job that they shove aside the agreement and sign it without thinking about it, assuming that everything would be fine with their employment, and when it comes to their compensation at the end of the year, or when it comes to a situation that results in a separation of the employment. They are shocked to learn about how limited their rights are in the different respects pursuant to the agreementthat they sign five years. My name is Walker Harnett, I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm, if you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination. We are eager to speak with you, please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is workplace discrimination in New York?

Workplace discrimination in New York is governed by statute and you have been or are being discriminated against if you fall within a protected class. In New York, fortunately, the list is rather long. It includes gender, national origin, race, disability, sexual orientation. And within those categories, among others, there are subsets. New York law affords quite broad protection, but you must, however, fall within one of those categories in order to be discriminated against. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What is sexual harassment in New York?

There's no one clear definition of sexual harassment in the state of New York. It can take many forms. Essentially, it is offensive, unwanted conduct based on your gender. So, it can be a man sexually harassing a man or a woman sexually harassing a woman. And it could be subtle. It just has to be because of your gender. That's why it's sexual harassment. If someone's just being mean to you, that's probably not sexual harassment. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Can I be fired for no reason at all in New York?

You can absolutely be fired for no reason at all in the state of New York. New York, like many other states, has adopted the Actwell Employment Doctrine and that means exactly that...that you can be fired for any reason at all at any time. If your employer doesn't like what you wore that day you can be fired. If your employer doesn't like your attitude you can be fired. If your employer asks you to do something illegal and you decline to do that, shockingly, in New York you can be fired for that and your employer can't be held liable for that. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Is there such a thing as age discrimination in New York?

There's absolutely age discrimination in New York, and it's illegal. It's protected by several statutes. It is one of the protected categories under the anti-discrimination statutes, and if you believe that you're a victim of age discrimination (i.e. You're over the age of 40), and you believe that you've been subjected to an adverse employment action, such as a demotion or termination, you should immediately make a formal written complaint about it to your company and contact an attorney. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Will a sexual harassment case be in my employment record?

I’m often asked how a sexual harassment claim or complaint, um, could show up later in an employee’s employment record. And there’s really no, uh, simple answer to that question. Um, it depends on whether there was a lawsuit filed, in which case, um, often times, um, that claim of harassment, will be kept confidential. Um, most em-, employers, uh, say that they will keep claims confidential. In my experience they don’t live up to that promise. So, walk through your particular situation with an attorney and express your concerns, and have the attorney guide you through the process of keeping, um, your particular claim, um, as confidential as possible. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How common is race discrimination in New York?

I find that race discrimination in New York City is far more common than one would think. New York City is a perceived progressive environment. However, it's a collision of a variety of different people from all over the world. And what people don't realize is that race discrimination is not just a white or Caucasian person discriminating against a Black or a person of color. It could be a Puerto Rican person discriminating against a person from Jamaica solely because they are from Jamaica. So I find that more and more of my race discrimination cases are not your typical case where there is a Caucasian or white person discriminating against a person of color; but it's more hybrid scenario, and that's because there are so many different people colliding in New York from all different parts of the world. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of The Harmon Firm. If you believe you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Is pregnancy discrimination common in New York?

Pregnancy discrimination in the state of New York is more common than one would think. People are often shocked to know how many cases I've taken on where a woman has gotten pregnant, informed her employer and been terminated. If the pregnant woman has had a good work history and no poor performance evaluations and then gets pregnant and gets fired, that's discrimination in my opinion and that particular individual should immediately seek the advice of an attorney. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

tags: pregnancy discrimination employment law workplace discrimination protected class employee categories race gender national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation statutes agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What laws protect me from workplace harassment in New York?

There are no laws in New York that prevent an employee from being harassed in the state of New York. It's a common misunderstanding that many employees have, they believe that if their boss is being rude to them, is being hostile to them, is giving them more work than someone else, that that is legal. I often receive phone calls by people who believe that they have a cause of action for wrongful termination. There's no such thing as wrongful termination in New York, it's a broad term that is used to describe employment discrimination, but it does not protect someone who is just merely being harassed in the workplace. My name is Walker Harman, I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

tags: workplace discrimination employment law protected class employee categories race gender national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation statutes agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment discrimination employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What defines workplace sexual harassment in New York?

Sexual harassment in the New York workplace can take many forms. It can be subtle; light, unwanted touch. Or it can be overt such as an invitation for sexual activity. It can be between people of the same gender. It can be between a boss and a secretary. It can be between two similarly situated employees. And what many people don't know is that you can actually be sexually harassed by someone who doesn't even work in your company and that your boss or your employer has a duty to prevent, say, a client of the company from continuing to sexually harass you or an outsourced person coming in from sexually harassing you. And that's a common misunderstanding and misconception. It doesn't even have to be an employee that's sexually harassing you. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How do I join a class action employment lawsuit?

If you want to become part of a class action lawsuit, you should consult with the attorney or law firm that is representing the class. If you are part of a class, you will likely get a notice in the mail. You should contact the attorney or law firm that is on the notice and consult with them. They will advise you with respect to your rights to a participants in the class and your rights pursuing your claim individually. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Why be part of a class action employment lawsuit?

The advantages of being a part of a class-action lawsuit, in simple terms, are that there are power in numbers. And whether you are a 60-year-old vice president at an investment bank, or whether you are a hourly employee who is in charge of serving food at a cafeteria, there are power in numbers. And if you have one competent attorney representing a group of people, that group is a more powerful force against a corporation than one individual. My name is Walker Harmon. I am the managing attorney of The Harmon Firm. If you believe you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Do employers have to accomodate my pregnancy in NY?

I’m often asked by a woman who’s become pregnant what her rights are in the state of New York. And there’s not a simple answer to that question. It’s governed by state statutes and federal statutes, and most importantly by the employer’s guidelines as well. What an employer can’t do is treat you differently because you are pregnant. A common misconception is that if you have complications because of your pregnancy you are also, under New York State Law, temporarily disabled. So, for instance, if you have thrombosis you are not only pregnant but you are also temporarily disabled which would trigger both gender discrimination laws in the state of New York as well as anti- discrimination laws based on disability. So, my best advice to a woman who has become pregnant and believes she is suffering adverse treatment in the workplace is to seek out the advice of an attorney as soon as possible. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What laws protect against sexual orientation discrimination?

Yes, there are laws in the state of New York that protect against sexual orientation discrimination. Sexual orientation is a protected class, a specific protected class, under the state Anti-Discrimination laws. There are also laws in New York that, for instance, prohibit discrimination based on one being transgendered. If you believe that you are discriminated against, you have been discriminated against, because of your sexual orientation or because you're transgender, you should seek out the advice of an attorney in order to better assess your case. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How do I prove pregnancy discrimination in New York?

In order to prevail in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, you must show that your demotion or your determination was at least impart because you got pregnant and took maternity leave. Or just because you got pregnant. If you could show that that was just one of the reasons that your salary was cut, you were demoted to a lower position, or you were terminated from your job, that's enough to prevail in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. My name is Walker Harman, I'm the managing attorney at the Harman firm. If you believe you've been a victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you.

tags: pregnancy discrimination employment law workplace discrimination protected class employee categories race gender national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation statutes agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How can I prove gender discrimination in New York?

Often various types of employment discrimination, gender discrimination, is often more difficult to prove. If you believe you are the victim of gender discrimination, you should in the first instance put your complaint in writing and file it with the human resources department or supervisor, and you should probably contact an attorney to, um, have a full assessment of, um, whether you are a victim of gender discrimination. Um, the important thing is that men and women can be the victim of gender discrimination, and, um, so it-, it’s a difficult thing for an individual I think to assess on their own and I really think you need to contact an attorney and have a consultation. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

tags: workplace discrimination employment law protected class written complaint written complaint employee categories race gender national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation statutes agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment discrimination employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Can I break a non-compete agreement?

There are absolutely in the state of New York reasons why you could not abide or be bound by a noncompete agreement. There is law that limits how long an employer can bound an employee to a noncompete agreement. An employer can't prevent you from working forever. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How can I stop sexual harassment in my workplace?

If your Human Resource department or your supervisor won’t assist you in stopping the sexual harassment or finding you another environment to work in away from the sexual harasser, you should immediately contact an attorney. It is your employer’s obligation and duty in New York, under the law, to prevent ongoing sexual harassment. If they’re not doing that, call a lawyer immediately. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Am I bound by an oral contract?

In most instances, the employee and the employer are not bound by oral contract, and that is a great misconception that predominantly employees have. For instance, if your boss says, "If you work till the end of the year, I guarantee you a bonus of ten thousand dollars," that is not a binding contract in the state of New York. And many employees are shocked to learn that. I would recommend that everything always be put in writing and be signed by the employee and the employer if it's concerning something as important as your compensation. My name is Walker Harman, I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Are men victims of sexual harassment in the workplace?

"Men can be victims of sexual harassment. It's not as common as women and I think more importantly, men are more hesitant to come forward with claims of sexual harassment. But yes, men can be sexually harassed in the state of New York, they can be sexually harassed by women, they can be sexually harassed by men, and the most important thing is that, if you are a man, and you believe you are being sexually harassed, you need to make sure that the harasser understands that the conduct is unwanted and that you immediately thereafter let the company know. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you have been a victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call."

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What should I NOT DO when being sexually harassed?

The number one mistake in New York that employees make when they think that they are being sexually harassed, is not to tell anyone. To not even tell the person who is sexually harassing them that they don't like the treatment, the conduct of the behavior and let it persist for a period of time such that the person might argue - well you know she was laughing at the jokes for months, how come the jokes are now offensive? You need to let the person know you don't like what is going on, you don't like the conduct, you don't like the jokes, you don't like the emails. And the second biggest mistake, in my opinion, is not letting the company know. Not filing a formal written complaint and keeping a copy. my name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What if my pregnancy prevents me from doing my job?

In the state of New York if your pregnancy prevents you from doing your job and you have a doctor's certification that your pregnancy is preventing youf rom doing your job, then you should immediately inform your employer of your doctor's orders whatever they might be. Whether it be shorter work hours or time away form work. If your employer does not accomodate you, you could potentially, not in every instance, but you could potentially be the victim of disability discrimination. Because if your pregnacy has caused you to develop some sort of condition that requires bedrest or time away from work, that could be a temporary dissability. My name is Walker Harmon I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe that you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

tags: pregnancy discrimination employment law workplace discrimination protected class employee categories race gender national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation statutes agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Should I get a lawyer to negotiate a severance package?

You absolutely need a lawyer to negotiate a severance package. In many instances the severance package can be made better with the assistance of a lawyer. At a bare minimum, you should understand what the package means and what all the language of the package means. And you should go over your employment history with a lawyer as it relates to the severance agreement. And in the event that there is a problem with any of the payouts under the agreement, you have already established a relationship with a lawyer who can help you work with the company to make sure that all payments are made under the agreement. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What can I do if my severance package was not honored?

If your severance package was not as it was promised by the employer and it was pursuant to the terms of an agreement that you signed with the employer then the employer most likely has breached that agreement and you should immediately contact an attorney, have them review the severance agreement, and have an attorney explain your rights under the severance agreement. You need to understand your rights and you perhaps need to have an attorney help you assert your rights under those agreements. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the Managing Attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How expensive to file a class action lawsuit?

Most class action lawsuits are initiated on a contingency basis. The vast majority of them are contingency, meaning that the client doesn't have to pay any money up front, that the attorneys representing the class get paid when the lawsuit is resolved or settled or tried before jury in some manner. My name is Walker Harman; I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been a victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Why should I file a class-action lawsuit against an employer?

You would participate as an employee or former employee in a class action lawsuit if an attorney determined that there was a group large enough to constitute a class. A judge also has to certify a class, an attorney would file a lawsuit with representatives and ask the judge to certify it as a class. Um, you as an individual wouldn't have that right but you would often be advantaged by participating in a class, and if you were offered that opportunity you should certainly consult with an attorney about your rights participating in the class, and then your rights opting out and pursuing your claim individually. My name is Walker Harmon, I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination. We are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

tags: employment law class action lawsuits group lawsuit agreements employment agreements attorney lawyer law firm walker harman the harman firm employee employer contracts law workplace employment new york nyc

attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How is sexual harassment in college defined?

There is a specific statute that prevents sexual harassment on a college campus that receives federal funds. It's a federal statute. It applies in the state of New York as well. And if your particular college or university receives federal funds (the vast majority of them do,) your particular college or university will fall under the statute and it prevents any type of sexual harassment on a college campus and if the college doesn't take immediate action to prevent further sexual harassment or address or redress the sexual harassment it can be held liable for it under the federal statute. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How much money in gender discrimination cases?

Damages in gender discrimination cases are assessed in much the same way damages are assessed in race discrimination cases or age discrimination cases. You get your lost pay, so if you're demoted and you prove that you've been discriminated against because of your gender, you get the difference between what you should have been paid and the pay you were demoted to. You're terminated and you prove that you've discriminated against because of your gender, you get a stream of lost income going into the future, not indefinitely but up until you get a job, for a reasonable period of time. You're also entitled to emotional injuries and other types of injuries such as, perhaps, in certain instances punitive damages and attorney's fees. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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What to do if I'm the victim of gender discrimination?

If you believe you’re the victim of gender discrimination, as in most instances, the first thing you should do is put your complaint in writing and file it with the Human Resource department or some other supervisor or office manager within your company. The important thing about a complaint of gender discrimination is that you be as specific as possible. Why is it that you believe that you were subject to gender discrimination? You need to provide particulars. It’s a subtle type of discrimination and it will be more easily assessed by the company, and a potential attorney, if you provide as much detail as possible. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of the Harman firm. If you believe you’ve been a victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Who should I talk to about being sexually harassed?

It is mandatory that you talk to your human resource department if you believe you are the victim of any type of sexual harassment. If your company doesn't have a human resource department, go to your supervisor, go to your boss, go to the office manager or go to anyone who's designated as a supervisor and make a formal complaint. Put it in writing and keep a copy of it. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What can I do about workplace retribution?

If you are afraid of retribution in the workplace, you have to make a choice. Are you going to suffer through the sexual harrasment and potentially ruin what could be a good case against your company or are you going to take action. Let your company know. Have faith in the system and contact an attorney. And that's ultimately your choice. If you make the choice to not do anything about it, in my experience, the situation will get worse and you will suffer more. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What to do if I'm a victim of pregnancy discrimination?

"The first thing that you should do if you believe that you are a victim of pregnancy discrimination and you are still employed, is to make a formal, written compliant to your supervisor, or the HR department, or whomever is in control in your working environment. If you are no longer employed, you can still make a formal, written complaint but you should probably seek the advice of an attorney because it is unlikely if you have been terminated because you are pregnant that an employer is going to rehire you simply because you have made a written, formal complaint. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you have been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call."

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How experienced are you with pregnancy discrimination?

My firm has, surprisingly, a great deal of experience handling pregnancy discrimination, and when I discuss with my colleges the amount of pregnancy discrimination cases we have had on our docket in the last couple of years, they're often surprised. I hear 'I can't believe that still goes on.' It does. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Why does The Harman Firm handle discrimination cases?

I handle discrimination cases because I decided early on that if I was going to be a lawyer I wanted to represent individuals, and I wanted to champion the rights of the underdog. I believe that that’s, uh, would be the best use of my talent and my passion. And, um, it’s, uh, why I’ve developed, uh, my firm. Um, I’ve found that in the employment context in particular, discrimination can be pervasive and subtle, and people are less likely to assert their rights and say if they’ve been discriminated against, uh, out on the street or in a store. And so I became particularly passionate about discrimination in the workplace. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How can I prove that I'm being sexually harassed?

The best way to prove that you've been sexually harassed is to keep documentation of what you believe to be sexual harassment and ultimately provide that to your attorney. You need to file a formal, written complaint with your company. You need to keep a copy of it. If you email it, email a copy to your personal account. Also, keep a log. If the conduct continues, if someone's harassing you on a daily basis, keep a journal of it; the dates, the times, the places. Your attorney will want that information in order to help you build your case of sexual harassment against your employer. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. if you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How much money in a workplace sexual harassment case?

In your typical discrimination case, which includes sexual harassment, racist discrimination, gender discrimination, the primary one is economic loss. That's your loss to pay either while working at the job, meaning they failed to pay you as much as you were entitled to or after you were terminated and that's the money that you lost while you weren't working. The second is emotional injuries, pain and suffering, and that will greatly depend on, of course, how much you suffered and whether you sought psychologial or psychiatric treatment for that suffering. And there are also other types of damages that you can seek as well, such as, in certain limited cases, punitive damages and also attorney's fees. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Is my job guaranteed after I return from maternity leave?

It is a misconception that your job is guaranteed after you return from maternity leave. The issue is whether the termination of your employment or the elimination of your job was the direct result of discriminatory animus meaning someone decided that they didn't want you to work at your company anymore because you got pregnant and you'll probably get pregnant again. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How should I tell my employer that I'm pregnant?

The best thing that an employee can do with respect to becoming pregnant is to be as candid and forthright and timely as possible. That is true of, i think, many contacts in the workplace, but, if you get pregnant you should let your employer know right away. "I'm pregnant". And you should also let your employer know what your intentions are with respect to maternity leave. Your candidacy and your timeliness should, and in the best world, absent illegal discrimination and gender a response of an appropriate accomidation involving maternity leave,a time away from work in order for you to take care of your child. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What should I do if I'm being sexually harassed?

If you believe you're being sexually harassed, the most important thing to do is to let the person who you believe is sexually harassing you know that the conduct is unwanted. Because someone cannot be held accountable for, um, conduct that they're not aware of that is, um, disapproving to another person. You've got to let them know you don't like it. The second thing is you've got to let the employer know because if you're going to hold them liable for their employee's conduct, say your boss, you've got to let the company know. So you need to go to HR, you need to file a report, you need to put it in writing, and you need to keep a copy of it. [Um] It's difficult in the first instance to know whether you're being sexually harassed but if you feel you are, let the person know you don't like it, let the company know that the person is doing something that you don't like. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How experienced are you handling discrimination cases?

My firm has a lot of experience with discrimination cases. Because we've seen so many different types of discrimination cases and we've handled it for so many years. We have a unique prospective and a unique compassion for the employees that have been discriminated against. And because we've done this for so long, we have the tools and knowledge to jump right in and expeditiously deal with an employee that's been discriminated against. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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What's the wrong way to deal with workplace discrimination?

The number one mistake someone can make if they think they’re being discriminated against in the workplace is to, um, not immediately file a written complaint about it. Allowing it to persist even for a few days is a mistake. Uh, you should immediately go to a supervisor, or to the human resource department, or to an office manager, and put that complaint, um, about discrimination in writing and keep a copy of it. If you email it, send a copy to your home email address. Don’t assume that you’ll at some time later get a copy of it. Often times employer’s think to lose them. My name is Walker Harman. I’m the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you believe you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How can I prove sexual orientation discrimination?

The best way to prove that you've been a victim of sexual orientation discrimination is to file a written, formal complaint with your employer specifically detailing why it is that you believe you are the victim of sexual orientation discrimination. You should also keep a log or a journal of the instances in which you believe you've been the victim of sexual orientation discrimination. Sexual orientation discrimination, like gender discrimination, can be very subtle. It's often the scenario of taking advantage of the perceived weak employee. I found it can take very, very subtle forms over long periods of time. I recommend to employees to write everything down. Every instance. The dates, the times, exactly what happened to them so that if you do need to file a lawsuit, that you have all of that documentation available to provide to your attorney. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the Managing Attorney of The Harmon Group. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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Why is sexual harassment in college so damaging?

Sexual harassment on a college campus, particularly if the student is the victim of the harassment, can be so damaging because college is oftentimes the beginning of someone's career, and more importantly in a sense the beginning of one's adult life. If your college career is destroyed by a professor who's out of control, and pursuing you sexually, and you don't make the grades that you should have gotten, or you don't get the special honors degree that you should have gotten, your whole life can change. My name is Walker Harman. I'm the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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Is my professor guilty of sexual harassment?

If your not certain whether the attention you're receiving from your professor is sexual harassment, you should first talk to the professor and explain that the attention you're receiving, whether it be an invitation to dinner or whether it be just merely sitting too close, is not the kind of attention you want. If the professor, for instance, doesn't stop you need to follow your schools procedures and make a formal written complaint regarding the professor's conduct. And you should do so expeditiously and you should put it in writing and as I always say, keep a copy of it. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How does sexual harassment happen in college?

Sexual harassment on college campuses is primarily understood to be sexual harassment by a professor perpetrated against a student. That is the most common type of sexual harassment on a college campus. But it’s not limited to that; it could be student on student sexual harassment. It could be an administrator of a college. It could be a research assistant of a professor. So it’s really not just limited to the commonly understood scenario, where you have a professor and a student. And I think that everyone on a college campus should be aware of that. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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Who's the #1 sexual harassment victim in college?

In my experience, the most common victim of sexual harassment on a college campus is a student. And the harasser is oftentimes the person in power whether it be a professor, or administrator, or researcher. And the scenario arises when the person in power, the professor, is spending great deals of time alone with the student. Say there’s a mentoring program or you’re doing an independent study. So with a great deal of time alone creates a situation where the person in power can take advantage of the powerless person, the student. I find that that’s a very common scenario on a college campus. My name is Walker Harman. I am the managing attorney of the Harman Firm. If you believe that you’ve been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak to you! Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How much money in a college sexual harassment case?

The compensation in a college sexual harrassent case is more difficult to assess. It depends often on the emotional injuries that the particular student, for instance, has suffered. So it would depend on how bad, for instance, the sexual harrasment was. Was there forced sexual activity? That would be a case where there might be higher emotional injuries and therefore higher damages. So it's really difficult to assess that. And I would recommend to anyone that believes they're being sexual harrased on a college campus seek the advice of an attorney so that they can help you assess whether you have a case, in the first instance and also what kind of damages could could evolve out of that case. My name is Walker Harmon. I'm the managing attorney of the Harmon Firm. If you believe you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you. Please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How expensive to file a college sexual harassment case?

If you're a college student and you feel you've been sexually harassed, you might feel you don't have the funds to seek a lawyer's device. Many lawyers will consult, if ever so briefly, with you for free. Many lawyers will take on cases on a contingency basis. There are also free legal services both on campus and off campus in many college environments. I recommend that you use the internet, and you use your school resources to seek out the advice of an attorney who will offer their services, at least initially, for no charge so that you can determine whether or not you have a case against your college. My name is Walker Harman, I'm the managing attorney of The Harman Firm. If you feel you've been the victim of illegal employment discrimination, we are eager to speak with you, please give us a call.

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attorney: The Harman Firm, P.C.

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How is a sub-prime mortgage different from a regular mortgage?

A sub-prime mortgage is given to individuals who don't qualify with their employment record, their income, their earnings to be qualified for the prime rate. So, in many cases the small business person has no earnings, they somehow live, they don't necessarily pay taxes, and when they try to qualify for a mortgage, the bank laughs because you have no income. So the sub-prime was set up basically for those people that couldn't prove that they could pay a mortgage but many other people who don't have any earnings, don't have any income were also included, and that was a mistake. I'm Carl Person. I'm a New York lawyer and my job is to help people stay in their homes.

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