Powerful Anit-Discrimination and Retaliation Law for New York City Employees
The New York City Human Rights Law is a gem. It gives New York City employees more rights than the federal and state anti-discrimination laws. If employee oriented law firms would start using this law more, the judges would become more familiar with it. Now it is rarely used and when it is used it seems to be widely misunderstood as the judges assume it mirrors the federal and state employment laws. But it does not. It goes further and is stronger. Employees and their lawyers should take a good look at this law and some of the new cases that have been published under this law. Here is a great resources - the Anti-Discrimination Center has the full text of the NYCHRL and links to some good case law. If you want to know what employers think of this law, read this article. Companies realize that it is harder to obtain summary judgment under this law. This is good news for employees. Even the employment defense firms realize that this law is good for employees, so employees should start using it.
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