WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law

The NBA’s investigation into Phoenix Suns’ owner Robert Sarver concluded last week with a one-year suspension and $10 million fine after discovering ample evidence of Sarver’s racism, misogyny, and hostility toward employees in the workplace. Not everyone was pleased with the basketball league’s decisions, including Sarver who began the process to sell the Phoenix Suns franchise. 

Days before the investigation concluded and final decisions were released, a former employee of the Phoenix Suns took to Twitter to publicly criticize the NBA

Have you experienced racial discrimination at work? If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Contact us today at (201) 801-5103 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel. Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, including FMLA, and other areas of unpaid wages and overtime, etc. – whatever your employment issue is, please reach

Do you feel like your workplace rights have been violated? If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Contact us today at (646) 430-7930 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel.

Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, such as discrimination, harassment, and unpaid wages and overtime. Whatever your employment issue is, please reach out for a consultation

Robert Sarver purchased the NBA Phoenix Suns team in 2004. Coming out of another unlucky  season for the team, the real estate mogul was tasked with an important endeavor of signing a free agent capable of radically improving the team’s success streak. Sarver set his mind on Steve Nash. Bill Duffy and 2003 Rookie of the Year Amar’e Stoudemire, both of whom are Black, joined Nash in his decisive conversation with the Phoenix Suns’ executive team. 

What was going to be

Cannabis use has been legalized in 19 different states, so far. In New Jersey, state legislation has been passed to ensure employees who engage with cannabis recreationally are not penalized in the workplace. Still, many employees are subject to drug tests that continue to identify the presence of marijuana, amongst other substances. 

Walmart and its subscription-based subsidiary Sam’s Club have been named in a class action suit that accuses the retailers of wrongfully terminating, or otherwise penalizing, employees with positive results

Two years ago, Bloomberg LP settled a $3 million lawsuit that accused the company of failing to pay its workers overtime wages. Now, Bloomberg is once again under fire for illegal payment practices. Heidi Diaz, a former human resources employee at Bloomberg, is the lead plaintiff in the class action, which seeks to include all Bloomberg employees who were employed after February 2020. 

Previous Overtime Violations: History Repeats Itself

In its 2020 case involving wage-and-hour claims, a group of New York call

Do you believe that you’ve been wrongfully terminated from your workplace? If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Contact us today at (646) 430-7930 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel.

Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, including wrongful termination, retaliation, and unpaid wages and overtime. Whatever your employment issue is, please reach out for

Many companies have closed their office spaces for good and converted their operations entirely online. While the necessity of working in  a physical office has recently become a highly  debated topic, legislators have also been proactive in reaffirming and validating  the protection of remote workers.  

 The New York State Assembly recently passed a bill that requires employers to make mandatory workplace postings available electronically for all employees. Postings include important notices for health and safety rules, minimum wage notices, and warnings

Do you have questions about unpaid wages or overtime? If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Contact us today at (201) 879-6986 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel. Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, including FMLA, and other areas of unpaid wages and overtime, etc. – whatever your employment issue is,

In October 2019, a former Philadelphia-area regional director of Starbucks, Shannon Phillips, filed a race bias suit against the coffee giant. Following the wrongful arrest of two Black men at a Center Cinty store in 2018, Phillips, a white woman, alleged that her subsequent termination amounted to “reverse discrimination.” According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Phillips argued that Starbucks sought to “punish white employees who had not been involved in the arrests, but who worked in and around