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Employees, Not Independent Contractors: Closing a Loophole to Fair Benefits and Protections for Workers
By Jill Saluck California’s just passed a bill that, once signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, will require gig economy workers to be reclassified as...
What’s Your Job Strategy In The Face of the New Recession?
The next recession is now here, depending on the of source of information or this source. The Federal Reserve is reversing interest rate hikes to...
Are You Being Abused and Underpaid as an Independent Contractor?
By Mark Carey Imagine you could save thousands, millions if not billions of dollars by refusing to pay your taxes. Oh and there’s a catch, you have...
Mark Carey Interview With Fairfield County Business Journal
[This article is currently running in the Fairfield County Business Journal today.] Suite Talk: Mark P. Carey, owner, Carey & Associates PC Mark...
Carey & Associates, P.C. 100 Mile Cancer Survivor Benefit Bike Ride 2019
Team Carey & Associates, P.C. is training to ride in the 2019 CT Challenge Bike Event on July 27th. We hope you will join us by supporting our...
Your Legal Right to Disconnect from Work
By Jill Halper Many of us have been in a work situation where we’ve had a boss or supervisor who does not respect our personal time. If it is on his...
Free Yourself From Forced Arbitration
By: Jill Halper At first glance, the word arbitration might sound like a less formal, lower cost, friendlier process than litigation. Certainly, in...
Quant Employee Records Business Meetings and Court Refuses to Enjoin Him
On February 14, 2019, after three full days of trial testimony, a federal judge in Connecticut denied an employer’s (Graham Capital Management in...
Sexual Harassment Simplified: Are You a #MeToo?
By Jill Halper Interestingly, although I have subtitled this article “Are YOU a #MeToo?”, a much more fitting and powerful subtitle would have been...
Employees Do Not Need Unions in This New Era of Employee Activism
Recently, employees at Google, Microsoft, Nest and employees at other companies have been revolting against their employers, unhappy about company...
Are Performance Improvement Plans (PIPS) Illegal?
By Jill Halper If you have been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and think that this is an authentic and well-intentioned attempt by...
Three Reasons Why You Should Not Accept Severance Pay
We all have made decisions we regret later on at some point in our lives, especially related to our work. Here are three very good reasons why...
Controlling the Psychology of Working to Your Advantage
No one discusses the psychology of work and the enormous role it plays in your everyday life. I have researched and watched this issue for more...
SEVERANCE: What to Know Before You Take the Money and Run
You have been terminated from your employment and have been fortunate enough to be offered the opportunity to separate from your employer by way of...
NY Times The Daily: The Rampant Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination, Part 2
Many women are passed over for promotions and raises when they become pregnant. Part 2 of this series examines the subtle sidelining of pregnant...
Hidden Arbitration Clauses: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
Employers are opting increasingly for forced arbitration as a tool to prevent their employees from seeking justice against them in court. A form of...
There’s An Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work (NY Times 6.17.18)
On Sunday June 17, 2018 the New York Times posted an article, There’s An Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work involving a case...
A Few Very Good Reasons Why You Can’t Trust Your Employer
We all build relationships based on trust. Some relationships require more trust than others. For example, marriage, medical professionals and...
Pregnancy Discrimination: Reviewing Lactation Legalities
Central to any present-day discussion of pregnancy discrimination is the issue of lactation and nursing moms in the workplace. The practice of...
Pregnancy Discrimination: Going Beyond Nine Months
Reports have shown that pregnant women and new mothers are suffering increasing levels of unfair treatment at work, including cuts to their work...